Synonyms for ill-will
- noun
Most common
hostility malice animosity enmity bitterness grudge antipathy malevolence
Definitions
- n. 1
A spiteful or vengeful attitude; a grudge; dislike.
The losing side bore no ill will toward the winners.
Related words
- Other spellings
- ill will
Example sentences
- hostility Hostility destroys things. Good will builds things.
- malice He jostled me unintentionally, not out of malice.
- animosity Then that animosity is being passed on down to us?
- enmity The incident earned Dan the enmity of his boss.
- bitterness What remains in the heart is memory and bitterness.
- grudge Boris remained fixated on his grudge with Melissa.
By length
- 4 letters
- hate1
- 5 letters
- spite1, venom2
- 6 letters
- malice2, grudge1, enmity3, rancor2
- 7 letters
- dislike2, rancour
- 9 letters
- hostility4, animosity5, antipathy4, malignity
- 10 letters
- bitterness3
- 11 letters
- malevolence
- 13 letters
- maliciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (venom2 = 2 syllables).