Antonyms for antipathetic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-ti-puh-thet-ik or an-ti-puh-thet-i-kuh l; an-tip-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn tɪ pəˈθɛt ɪk or ˌæn tɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəl; ænˌtɪp ə-


Definition of antipathetic

Origin :
  • 1630s "having an antipathy for," from an adjectival construction from Greek antipathein (see antipathy). Related: antipathetical (c.1600); antipathetically.
  • adj opposed
Example sentences :
  • It is antipathetic to him not only as a philosopher, but also as a great writer.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • At all times the North had fretted under the antipathetic yoke of the South.
  • Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
  • She had never seen the lady before, and even now she did not find her antipathetic.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
  • In all relations Ralegh was antipathetic to James without consciousness of it.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • The whole place and everything about it was antipathetic to her.
  • Extract from : « The Belton Estate » by Anthony Trollope
  • You help me to think that they are not born offenders, antipathetic to the human mind.
  • Extract from : « Louise Chandler Moulton » by Lilian Whiting
  • Cornélie was glad to meet at the hotel a Dutch element that was not antipathetic.
  • Extract from : « The Inevitable » by Louis Couperus
  • Such men exist, antipathetic to the Marbridges of the world.
  • Extract from : « Joan Thursday » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • And even apart from that the ideals of the two men were antipathetic.
  • Extract from : « Euripedes and His Age » by Gilbert Murray
  • To Anglicans like Cranmer, Knox, from the first, was as antipathetic as they were to him.
  • Extract from : « John Knox and the Reformation » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for antipathetic

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