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antipathy
Definition of antipathy, meaning of antipathy
Noun
antipathy (plural antipathies)
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms:
Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition.
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Categories: Webster 1913 | Negative words