antipathetic

American  

[an-ti-puh-thet-ik, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tɪ pəˈθɛt ɪk, ænˌtaɪ- /

Also antipathetical

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.

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antipathetic British  

/ ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk, ˌæntɪpə- /

adjective

1. (often foll by to) having or arousing a strong aversion

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Other Word Forms

• antipathetically adverb
• antipatheticalness noun

Etymology

Origin of antipathetic

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

Example Sentences

Not only is her singing raucous but her characterization is off-putting, even antipathetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024

The United Nations, a flawed and often toothless organization, nonetheless represents international ideals antipathetic to the ongoing atrocity of human bondage.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Can people who make calculated use of the charge to manipulate other people's fears, genuinely feel threatened by anti-Semitism, or wholly antipathetic to it?

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2021

It’s curious, though, that even the party that is relatively antipathetic toward business and capitalism describes such efforts using the language of advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2015

He was sour, embittered, and mistrustful, with much self-control; this was quite antipathetic to me; the man had a closed soul, closed to everybody, and he made you feel it.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor