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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
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±è²¹Ëˆ³Ù³ó±ð³Ù¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ô·³Ù¾±Â·±è²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð³Ù·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²¹²Ô·³Ù¾±Â·±è²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð³Ù·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of antipathetic1

1630–40; < Greek ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±è²¹³Ù³óḗs opposed in feeling ( anti- + -±è²¹³Ù³óŧ²õ, adj. derivative of ±èá³Ù³ó´Ç²õ pathos ), with -etic by analogy with pathetic
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Example Sentences

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

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

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It would be more of a problem if I were unreasonably antipathetic toward, say, obeying traffic laws.

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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?

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“I had never seen Jefferson Davis so as to know him. There are probably few men more antipathetic in all their views, opinions, convictions, purposes than he and I,†Greeley said later.

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