Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illwisher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ill-wish-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who wishes somebody ill.

Example Sentences

"Minor accidents had convinced the correspondent that the witch's spell was working on her and she demanded a counter-spell from Simpkins against the ill-wisher."

Etymology

From ill + wisher.

Inflected Forms

illwishers (plural)

Antonyms

wellwisher well-wisher

Questions

What does illwisher mean?: One who wishes somebody ill.
Where does illwisher come from?: From ill + wisher.

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