Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
[formal]
She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London.
Synonyms: hostility, opposition, disgust, dislike More Synonyms of antipathy
antipathy in British English
(ænˈtɪpəθɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-thies
1.
a feeling of intense aversion, dislike, or hostility
2.
the object of such a feeling
Word origin
C17: from Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from anti- + patheia feeling
antipathy in American English
(ænˈtɪpəθi)
nounWord forms: pluralanˈtipathies
1.
strong or deep-rooted dislike; aversion
2.
the object of such dislike
3. Obsolete
an opposition in character, nature, tendency, etc.
SIMILAR WORDS: aˈversion
Word origin
L antipathia < Gr antipatheia < anti-, anti- + patheia < pathein, to suffer: see pathos
Examples of 'antipathy' in a sentence
antipathy
Both harbour a deep antipathy to the modern world.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yet having personal antipathy to a character shows they are alive to us.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At heart, the row centres on deep emotional antipathy on each side.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
II was not simply their growing theological antipathy to infant baptism.
Christianity Today (2000)
MANY of us are victims of personal antipathy.
The Sun (2010)
They accorded perfectly with her intense admiration for great men and great ideals, and with her personal antipathy to marriage.
Veronica Buckley CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (2004)
The mutual antipathy between the North African rivals runs deep.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
After their relationship crumbles into mutual antipathy they have their minds erased, reignite their courtship, and experience the good stuff all over again.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
I do not love thee, Dr. Fell. The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. FellThomas Brown
In other languages
antipathy
British English: antipathy NOUN
Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
There is antipathy between the villages.
American English: antipathy
Brazilian Portuguese: antipatia
Chinese: 憎恶
European Spanish: aversión
French: antipathie
German: Antipathie
Italian: antipatia
Japanese: 嫌悪
Korean: 반감
European Portuguese: antipatia
Latin American Spanish: aversión
(noun)
Definition
a feeling of strong dislike or hostility
She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London.
Synonyms
hostility
She looked at Ron with open hostility.
opposition
Much of the opposition to this plan has come from the media.
disgust
A look of disgust came over his face.
dislike
The two women viewed each other with dislike and suspicion.
hatred
He has been accused of stirring up hatred between nations.
loathing
She looked at him with loathing.
distaste
He looked at her with distaste.
animosity
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
aversion
Many people have an aversion to insects.
antagonism
There is much antagonism between the two teams.
enmity
The two countries erupted into open enmity during the Gulf war.
rancour
`That's too bad,' he said without rancour.
bad blood
There is, it seems, some bad blood between them.
incompatibility
ill will
He didn't bear anyone any ill will.
animus
He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.
repulsion
She gave a shudder of repulsion.
abhorrence
They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
repugnance
She felt a deep sense of repugnance.
odium (formal)
She has been exposed to public odium and scandal.
contrariety
Opposites
bond
,
attraction
,
sympathy
,
affection
,
harmony
,
goodwill
,
affinity
,
empathy
,
rapport
,
partiality
,
fellow-feeling
,
aroha (New Zealand)
Quotation
I do not love thee, Dr. Fell. The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell [Thomas Brown]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abhorrence
They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
Synonyms
hatred,
hate,
horror,
disgust,
loathing,
distaste,
animosity,
aversion,
revulsion,
antipathy,
enmity,
abomination,
repugnance,
odium (formal),
detestation,
execration
in the sense of animosity
Definition
a powerful dislike or hostility
There's a long history of animosity between the two nations.
Synonyms
hostility,
hate,
hatred,
resentment,
bitterness,
malice,
antagonism,
antipathy,
enmity,
acrimony,
rancour,
bad blood,
ill will,
animus,
malevolence,
virulence,
malignity
in the sense of animus
Definition
intense dislike
He displayed a thorough animus to the Western tradition.