— antipathetically , adv. — antipatheticalness , n.
/an'ti peuh thet"ik, an tip'euh-/ , adj.
1. opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy: They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes
2. causing or likely to cause antipathy: The new management was antipathetic to all of us. Also, antipathetical .
[ 1630-40; antipathés opposed in feeling ( anti- + -pathes, adj. deriv. of páthos PATHOS), with -etic by analogy with PATHETIC ]