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antipathetic
[ an-ti-puh-thet-ik, an-tahy- ]
adjective
- opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy:
They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes
- causing or likely to cause antipathy:
The new management was antipathetic to all of us.
antipathetic
/ ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk; ˌæntɪpə- /
adjective
- often foll by to having or arousing a strong aversion
Derived Forms
- ˌantipaˈthetically, adverb
Other Words From
- an·ti·pa·thet·i·cal·ly adverb
- an·ti·pa·thet·i·cal·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of antipathetic1
Example Sentences
From this you can conclude that if you are antipathetic to me, this antipathy proceeds fundamentally from myself.
Calvinism, above all theological creeds, might be supposed antipathetic to him.
One of the editors of this book was inclined to throw doubt upon it, as a thing antipathetic to the Greek spirit.
The state of mind of the by-standers, sympathetic or antipathetic, has an influence upon the production of the phenomena.
It has a right to dislike its mother or father or sister or brother or uncle or aunt if they are antipathetic to it.
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