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- noun
Antipathy ,aversion .
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Examples
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I can look any way ... round, and _down_ even -- the merest thread of a sympathy will draw me sometimes -- or even the least look of kind eyes over a dyspathy -- 'Cela se peut facilement.'
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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We have, once or twice or thrice, been on the border of mutual displeasure, on this very subject, for I grew really vexed to observe the trust on one side and the _dyspathy_ on the other -- using the mildest of words.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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Then I will confess to you that all my life long I have had a rather strange sympathy and dyspathy -- the sympathy having concerned the genus
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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I'm disposed to immediately feel dyspathy with a secretary like Shea, but after goving at his story for a while, I begin to hansardize.
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I'm disposed to immediately feel dyspathy with a secretary like Shea, but after goving at his story for a while, I begin to hansardize.
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_jilt_ (as vulgarly called) male and female -- and the dyspathy -- the whole class of heroically virtuous persons who make sacrifices of what they call 'love' to what they call 'duty.'
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850
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Then I will confess to you that all my life long I have had a rather strange sympathy and dyspathy ” the sympathy having concerned the genus jilt (as vulgarly called) male and female ” and the dyspathy ” the whole class of heroically virtuous persons who make sacrifices of what they call 'love' to what they call 'duty.'
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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For friends, I can look any way ... round, and down even ” the merest thread of a sympathy will draw me sometimes ” or even the least look of kind eyes over a dyspathy ” 'Cela se peut facilement.'
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
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We have, once or twice or thrice, been on the border of mutual displeasure, on this very subject, for I grew really vexed to observe the trust on one side and the dyspathy on the other ” using the mildest of words.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898
runonmaven commented on the word dyspathy
a condition characterized by a lack of sympathy or passion.
October 13, 2008