antipathetic

[ an-ti-puh-thet-ik, an-tahy- ]

adjective

1. opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy:

   They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes

2. causing or likely to cause antipathy:

   The new management was antipathetic to all of us.

antipathetic

/ ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk; ˌæntɪpə- /

adjective

1. 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

1630–40; < Greek antipathḗs opposed in feeling ( anti- + -pathēs, adj. derivative of páthos pathos ), with -etic by analogy with pathetic

Example Sentences

From this you can conclude that if you are antipathetic to me, this antipathy proceeds fundamentally from myself.

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Calvinism, above all theological creeds, might be supposed antipathetic to him.

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One of the editors of this book was inclined to throw doubt upon it, as a thing antipathetic to the Greek spirit.

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The state of mind of the by-standers, sympathetic or antipathetic, has an influence upon the production of the phenomena.

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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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