Antipathetic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antipathetic \An`ti*pa*thet"ic\, Antipathetical
  \An`ti*pa*thet"ic*al\, a.
     Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to
     a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to.
     --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antipathetic
       adj 1: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic
              to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go
              on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant
              their request" [syn: {antipathetical}, {averse(p)}, {indisposed(p)},
               {loath(p)}, {loth(p)}]
       2: characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves
          antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions
          within the party" [syn: {antagonistic}, {antipathetical}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "antipathetic":
     abhorrent, acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive,
     alien, antagonistic, anti, antipodal, antithetic, antithetical,
     antonymous, at cross-purposes, at daggers drawn, at loggerheads,
     at odds, at variance, at war, balancing, belligerent, bitter,
     breakaway, caustic, clashing, colliding, compensating, competitive,
     con, conflicting, confronting, contradicting, contradictory,
     contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted,
     converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive,
     counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking,
     cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, despiteful, differing,
     disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant,
     disgusting, disharmonious, disproportionate, dissentient,
     dissident, dissonant, distasteful, divergent, enemy,
     eyeball to eyeball, fractious, full of hate, grating, hateful,
     hostile, immiscible, inaccordant, incompatible, inconsistent,
     inharmonious, inimical, inverse, jangling, jarring, loathsome,
     malevolent, malicious, malignant, negative, nonconformist,
     noncooperative, obnoxious, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed,
     opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant,
     out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, perverse, quarrelsome,
     rancorous, reactionary, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent,
     repellent, repugnant, repulsive, resistant, reverse, revolutionary,
     rival, set against, sore, spiteful, squared off, uncongenial,
     uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, ungenial, unharmonious,
     unpropitious, unsympathetic, variant, venomous, virulent,
     vitriolic