[responsivevoice] antipathy [/responsivevoice] [an-tip-uh-thee ]
The word of the day is ‘antipathy.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Strong dislike
2. Disgust
3. A deep-seated feeling of aversion
4. Hostility
1. Hindi – Ghrna
2. Spanish – Antipatía
3. French – Antipathie
4. Mandarin – Fǎngǎn
1. It puts me in a very equivocal position; I have such an antipathy to the man.
2. The very sentiments which I then expressed proclaimed my antipathy to the practice.
3. But let us come in earnest to those who have really had an antipathy to wine.
4. Both of you had an antipathy to him, and indeed I own to concurring in the sentiment.
5. Kano’s politeness could not hide, entirely, a shudder of antipathy.
animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, distaste, enmity, hatred, hostility, ill will, loathing, rancour, abhorrence, allergy, avoidance, contrariety, escape, evasion, hate, incompatibility, opposition, repugnance, repulsion, dyspathy, eschewal, repellency, antagonism, dislike, distaste, disrelish etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindness, like, liking, love, loving, sympathy, meeting, admiration, appreciation, approval, esteem, honour, rapport, regard, respect, affinity
Quotation:
The thing about youthful offenders is that no one seems to care about them. Most people don’t like adolescents – even the good ones can be snarky and unpleasant. Combine the antipathy we feel toward the average teenager with the fear inspired by youth violence, and you have a population that no one wants to deal with.
Ayelet Waldman
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