ANTIPATHY


Meaning of ANTIPATHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ an-ˈti-pə-thē ]

noun

( plural -thies )

Etymology: Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from antipathēs of opposite feelings, from anti- + pathos experience — more at pathos

Date: 1600

1. obsolete : opposition in feeling

2. : settled aversion or dislike : distaste

his well-known antipathy to taxes

3. : an object of aversion

Synonyms: see enmity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.