ill wishes

But that has not stopped some international leaders, British lawmakers and everyday Twitter users from mistakenly sending their well wishes — or ill wishes — to the other account.

“Some of them are concerned for the well-being of their family members who are still at home. And so I can tell you one thing: Nobody wants war. With that said, they’re in a very difficult spot. One of the guys who said ‘no war’ publicly, his family was one of the families that has gotten ill wishes and death threats, too.

The Romans and Greeks chiseled stones with curses, the Vikings had nithing poles — wooden poles carved with invective — while the Japanese inscribed ill wishes on plaques called ema.

My ill wishes for him then were simple, in retrospect: I wished he would be revealed in public as a charlatan, and that his fortunes would fall.

Grant favored a certain type of white man over all other kinds of humans, on a graded scale of disapproval, and he reserved his vilest ill wishes and contempt for blacks.