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noun

Antipathy n. (pl. 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."

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." 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. See Dislike.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Antipathy" Quotes from Famous Books

... felt an instinctive antipathy towards the guardian of midnight order, which at first prevented him from asking his usual question. But just when the man was about to vanish behind the corner, Robin resolved not to lose the opportunity, and shouted lustily after him, "I say, friend! will you guide ...

— The Snow Image • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... and the ministers of the law there is a long-standing antipathy, for the visits of the latter are usually so timed as to leave nothing between the alternatives of paying or of losing a voyage. It was soon apparent, then, that Mr. Seal had little to expect from the apathy of the crew, for never ...

— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper

... deferential excuses, Mr. Sefton left the tent and Lee followed his retreating figure with a look of antipathy. ...

— Before the Dawn - A Story of the Fall of Richmond • Joseph Alexander Altsheler

... woman. Instead of the yearnings of maternal love, she regarded her innocent child merely as the offspring of that monster, whom she execrated and feared with a preternatural hate. If she looked upon him with any feeling more lively than that of indifference, it was with one of positive malice and antipathy. ...

— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 • Various

... are equally terrified with the dismal prospect of the precipice below. Thus in the choice of a devil it has been the usual method of mankind to single out some being, either in act or in vision, which was in most antipathy to the god they had framed. Thus also the sect of the AEolists possessed themselves with a dread and horror and hatred of two malignant natures, betwixt whom and the deities they adored perpetual enmity was established. The first of these was the chameleon, sworn foe to inspiration, who in scorn ...

— A Tale of a Tub • Jonathan Swift

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