Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Opposed in nature or disposition: with to.
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- adjective
Antipathetic , withantipathy , without caring.
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- adjective characterized by antagonism or antipathy
- adjective (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
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Examples
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But of all Orientals, the most antipathetical companion to an
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The hornets and wasps were antipathetical, and it was possible to use one or the other, but not both simultaneously.
Conan the Indomitable Perry, Steve 1989
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It was the first rule of the experienced hostess to get her antipathetical guests on soft cushions, naturally: stand-up rows were less easy to pursue when sitting down.
The Alamut Ambush Price, Anthony 1971
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Just as you can tell at sight whether certain persons attract or repel you, through some unknown, nameless influence that you are unable to fathom; so, in like degree, can you decide -- that is, if you possess a naturally sensitive mind -- whether they are drawn towards yourself or remain antipathetical.
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In the first place, because Mawley was so antipathetical to me, that I dearly loved to combat his assertions; and, secondly, on account of his disparaging my beau ideal of all that is grand and good in a writer and in man.
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Love is sometimes the growth of degrees: it may also bound into existence in a moment; for there is a certain sympathetic attraction between some persons, as there is between others an antipathetical, repulsive force.
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To this impressionable man, Parisian badinage -- not to call it anything stronger -- was positively antipathetical.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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He was an antipathetical being, with a peculiar power and gift of treading on everybody's tenderest place.
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He was an antipathetical being, with a peculiar power and gift of treading on everybody's tenderest place.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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Europe, sympathize also as closely with the Austrian system as the character of the emperor Joseph was antipathetical to it.
Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835
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