ill-wisher
(ˈɪlˈwɪʃə(r))
[f. ill adv. (or n.) + wisher: cf. well-wisher.]
One who wishes evil to another; an ill-willer.
| 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 445 These ill-wishers to the Iewes. 1716 Addison Freeholder No. 55 Propagated by the ill-wishers to our constitution. 1827 Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) II. ix. 123 His ill-wishers knew how to irritate the characteristic sensibility of the English on this topic. |