ill will

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ill will

Unfriendly feeling; enmity.

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ill will

hostile feeling; enmity; antagonism

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ill′ will′

hostile feeling; enmity.

[1250–1300]

ill′-willed′, adj.

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Noun	1.	ill will - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" enmity, hostility hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action animosity, animus, bad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility class feeling - feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility aggression, aggressiveness - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack belligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
	2.	ill will - a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" hostility unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition virulence, virulency - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"

ill will

noun hostility, spite, dislike, hatred, envy, resentment, grudge, malice, animosity, aversion, venom, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, acrimony, rancour, bad blood, hard feelings, animus, malevolence, unfriendliness He didn't bear anyone any ill will.
charity, friendship, goodwill, amity, cordiality, amiability, congeniality

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ill will

noun

1. Deep-seated hatred, as between longtime opponents or rivals:

animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hostility.

2. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer:

despitefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.

Translations

malevolenza rancore

ill will

n → rancore m
I bear you no ill will → non ti serbo rancore

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