antipathy
noun/ænˈtɪpəθi/
/ænˈtɪpəθi/
(formal) [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (plural antipathies)
- antipathy (between A and B) | antipathy (to/toward(s) somebody/something) a strong feeling of dislike synonym hostility
- personal/mutual antipathy
- a growing antipathy towards the idea
- His professional judgement was coloured by his personal antipathies.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2- His antipathy towards/toward swimming dates back to childhood.
- There was a lot of antipathy between the two doctors.
- a natural antipathy for people in authority
- his antipathy for his boss
- I feel a profound antipathy to using any weapon.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- strong
- growing
- …
- feel
- have
- express
- …
- antipathy between
- antipathy for
- antipathy to
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘opposition of feeling, nature, or disposition’): from French antipathie, or via Latin from Greek antipatheia, from antipathēs ‘opposed in feeling’, from anti ‘against’ + pathos ‘feeling’.
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