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adjective
- 1. showing or feeling a strong aversion: "it is human nature to be antipathetic to change"
The meaning of ANTIPATHETIC is having a natural aversion; also : not sympathetic : hostile. How to use antipathetic in a sentence.
ANTIPATHETIC definition: 1. showing or feeling a strong dislike, opposition, or anger: 2. showing or feeling a strong…. Learn more.
Antipathetic definition: opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy. See examples of ANTIPATHETIC used in a sentence.
If you have very negative, even hostile feelings about something, you're antipathetic toward it. If you're antipathetic to a particular basketball team, you'll root enthusiastically for whatever team they're playing against.
1. a. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance: antipathetic to new ideas. b. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic: antipathetic factions within the party. 2. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant: "The whole place and everything about it was antipathetic to her" (Anthony Trollope). an·tip′a·thet′i·cal·ly adv.
Definition of antipathetic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Antipathetic definition, opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy: They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes See more.
antipathetic. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English an‧ti‧pa‧thet‧ic /ˌæntɪpəˈθetɪk / adjective formal having a very strong feeling of disliking or opposing someone or something SYN hostile antipathetic to It’s human nature to be antipathetic to change.
Antipathetic definition: opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy. See examples of ANTIPATHETIC used in a sentence.
1. opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy. They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes. 2. causing or likely to cause antipathy. The new management was antipathetic to all of us. Also: antipathetical. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
