About The Word Antipathy
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Antipathy
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What's The Definition Of Antipathy?
[n] the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"
[n] a feeling of intense dislike Synonyms | Synonyms for Antipathy: aversion | distaste Related Terms | Find terms related to Antipathy: abhorrence | abomination | allergy | anathema | Anglophobia | animosity | animus | antagonism | anti-Semitism | antithesis | averseness | aversion | avoidance | backlash | backwardness | bad blood | belligerence | bigotry | clash | clashing | cold sweat | collision | competition | conflict | confrontation | confutation | contention | contradiction | contradistinction | contraindication | contraposition | contrariety | contrariness | contrast | counteraction | counterposition | counterworking | crankiness | creeping flesh | cross-purposes | crotchetiness | cursoriness | despitefulness | detestation | disaccord | disagreement | discrepancy | disgust | disinclination | dislike | disobedience | disrelish | dissension | dissent | distaste | enmity | escape | eschewal | evasion | execration | foot-dragging | fractiousness | friction | grudging consent | grudgingness | hate | hatred | horror | hostility | inconsistency | indisposedness | indisposition | indocility | inimicalness | interference | intractableness | kick | lack of enthusiasm | lack of zeal | loathing | malevolence | malice | malignity | misandry | misanthropy | misogyny | mortal horror | mutinousness | nausea | negativeness | nolition | nonconformity | noncooperation | obstinacy | odium | oppositeness | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | peeve | perfunctoriness | perverseness | perversity | pet peeve | phobia | polarity | quarrelsomeness | race hatred | racism | rancor | reaction | recalcitrance | recalcitrancy | recoil | refractoriness | refusal | reluctance | renitence | renitency | repellency | repercussion | repugnance | repulsion | resistance | revolt | rivalry | Russophobia | showdown | shuddering | slowness | spite | spitefulness | stubbornness | sulk | sulkiness | sulks | sullenness | swimming upstream | uncooperativeness | unenthusiasm | unwillingness | vials of hate | vials of wrath | vying | xenophobia Antipathy In Webster's Dictionary \An*tip"a*thy\, n.; pl. {Antipathies}. [L. antipathia,
Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See
{Pathos}.]
1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or
dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations,
and passionate attachments to others, are to be
avoided. --Washington.
2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of
qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural
antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I.
Taylor.
Note: Antipathy is opposed to {sympathy}. It is followed by
to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity;
ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See
{Dislike}.
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