Antipathy
[æn'tɪpəθɪ] or [æn'tɪpəθi]
Definition
(noun.) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; 'cats were his greatest antipathy'.
(noun.) a feeling of intense dislike.
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Definition
(n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
(n.) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Repugnance (natural or constitutional), disgust, abhorrence, detestation, hatred, hate, loathing, aversion, horror.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repugnance, dislike, hatred, detestation, contrariety, aversion, distaste,uncongeniality, antagonism, hostility, opposition, abhorrence
ANT:Sympathy, kindliness, congeniality, fellow-feeling, affinity, harmony
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Definition
n. dislike: repugnance: opposition: the object of antipathy (with against to between of persons).—adjs. Antipathet′ic -al; Antipath′ic belonging to antipathy: opposite: contrary.—n. Antip′athist one possessed by an antipathy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
Typist: Toni
Examples
- He rated him as a first-class hand; and yet he felt a secret dislike to him,--the native antipathy of bad to good. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Upon the whole, I never beheld, in all my travels, so disagreeable an animal, or one against which I naturally conceived so strong an antipathy. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The Turks have an innate antipathy to taking the life of any dumb animal, it is said. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Are you afraid of their biting, or is it a metaphysical antipathy? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His sense of right had surmounted and would continue to surmount anything that might be called antipathy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She once talked to me about her, with an odd mixture of discrimination, indifferenceand antipathy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were overwhelmed by the antipathy of visible and audible death. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At that time, however, mutual antipathy was intense. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We know now, the natural antipathy you strove against, and conquered, for her dear sake. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There is an antipathy between us--' 'An old one, I believe? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I panted to relieve this painful heart-burning by some misdeed that should rouse him to a sense of my antipathy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That eye of hers, that voice stirred every antipathy I had. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Between Mr Rokesmith and me, there is a natural antipathy and a deep distrust; and something will come of it! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On the contrary, to attempt to touch her heart was the surest way to rouse her antipathy, and to make of her a secret foe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Both these having violated nature, their natural likings and antipathies are reversed; they grow altogether morbid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Our natures own predilections and antipathies alike strange. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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