Antipathetic \An`ti*pa*thet"ic\, Antipathetical
\An`ti*pa*thet"ic*al\, a.
Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to
a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to.
--Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
antipathetic
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic
to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go
on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant
their request" [syn: antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p),
loath(p), loth(p)]
2: characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves
antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions
within the party" [syn: antagonistic, antipathetical]
WordNet (r) 2.0
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "antipathetic":
abhorrent, acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive,
alien, antagonistic, anti, antipodal, antithetic, antithetical,
antonymous, at cross-purposes, at daggers drawn, at loggerheads,
at odds, at variance, at war, balancing, belligerent, bitter,
breakaway, caustic, clashing, colliding, compensating, competitive,
con, conflicting, confronting, contradicting, contradictory,
contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted,
converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking,
cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, despiteful, differing,
disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant,
disgusting, disharmonious, disproportionate, dissentient,
dissident, dissonant, distasteful, divergent, enemy,
eyeball to eyeball, fractious, full of hate, grating, hateful,
hostile, immiscible, inaccordant, incompatible, inconsistent,
inharmonious, inimical, inverse, jangling, jarring, loathsome,
malevolent, malicious, malignant, negative, nonconformist,
noncooperative, obnoxious, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed,
opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant,
out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, perverse, quarrelsome,
rancorous, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent,
repellent, repugnant, repulsive, resistant, reverse, revolutionary,
rival, set against, sore, spiteful, squared off, uncongenial,
uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious,
unpropitious, unsympathetic, variant, venomous, virulent,
vitriolic
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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