antipathetic

3 definitions found

antipathetic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

antipathetic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: antipathetic,
             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, antipathetic,
         antipathetical]

antipathetic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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