Synonyms for antipathy
ænˈtɪp ə θian·tipa·thy

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1. antipathynoun

   Synonyms:
   disgust, opposition, distaste, enmity, ill will, contrariety, dislike, repugnance, aversion, hatred

   Antonyms:
   sympathy

2. antipathynoun

   Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.

   Synonyms:
   ill will, repugnance, distaste, contrariety, hatred, disgust, enmity, aversion, opposition, dislike

   Antonyms:
   sympathy

3. antipathynoun

   Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

   Synonyms:
   ill will, contrariety, dislike, repugnance, hatred, aversion, enmity, opposition, disgust, distaste

   Antonyms:
   sympathy

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1. antipathy

   Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, antagonism, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, hostility, opposition, repugnance, repulsion, uncongeniality

   Antonyms:
   affinity, agreement, attraction, congeniality, fellow-feeling, harmony, kindliness, regard, sympathy

   Preposition:
   Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.

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1. antipathy

   Synonyms:
   repugnance, dislike, hatred, detestation, contrariety, aversion, distaste, uncongeniality, antagonism, hostility, opposition, abhorrence

   Antonyms:
   sympathy, kindliness, congeniality, fellow-feeling, affinity, harmony

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1. antipathy, aversion, distastenoun

   a feeling of intense dislike

   Synonyms:
   aversion, averting, distaste

2. antipathynoun

   the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided

   "cats were his greatest antipathy"

   Synonyms:
   aversion, distaste

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1. antipathynoun

   Synonyms:
   repugnance (natural or constitutional), disgust, abhorrence, detestation, hatred, hate, loathing, aversion, horror

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1. antipathynoun

   Synonyms:
   aversion, enmity, dislike, hatred, contrariety, repugnancy

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1. List of paraphrases for "antipathy":

   dislike, unpleasantness, aversion, resentment

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How to use antipathy in a sentence?

1. George Jean Nathan:

   Women can form a friendship with a man very well but to preserve it--to that end a slight physical antipathy must probably help.

2. Norman Ornstein:

   The antipathy toward Obama is so great, if Obama's X, you want to be the opposite of X. So if the narrative in almost every case is Obama is getting taken to the cleaners by( Russian President Vladimir) Putin, Obama is unable to deal with ISIS, unable to deal with China and you're out there saying I'm not going to do that -- that will probably help.

3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.

4. Isaac Asimov:

   Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.

5. Albert Einstein:

   My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.