ill-wisher
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ill-wisher
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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In town to accept a testimonial resolution, Guru Maharaj Ji, the 15-year-old Indian religious leader, was struck with a shaving-cream pie hurled by a bearded ill-wisher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abdu’l-Bahá is deemed a deadly enemy, the ill-wisher of the Crown.
From The Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
On the second day of my ordeal, so facing the laughers, I found myself facing straight into the monocle of my half-brother and ill-wisher, Prince Caravacioli.
From The Beautiful Lady by Booth Tarkington
Failure to arrest means dismissal from the service and punishment as an ill-wisher.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville
He lifted his hand as he said this, with a strange and passionate gesture, then turned himself about and went in, and Mr. Grand drove off more his ill-wisher than before.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
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