ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
clearly indisposed to grant their request
antipathetic to new ideas
loath to go on such short notice
averse to taking risks -
characterized by antagonism or antipathy
antipathetic factions within the party
slaves antagonistic to their masters
How To Use antipathetical In A Sentence
- To this impressionable man, Parisian badinage -- not to call it anything stronger -- was positively antipathetical. Chopin : the Man and His Music
- But of all Orientals, the most antipathetical companion to an Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- In the first place, because Mawley was so antipathetical to me, that I dearly loved to combat his assertions; and, secondly, on account of his disparaging my beau ideal of all that is grand and good in a writer and in man. She and I, Volume 1
- He was an antipathetical being, with a peculiar power and gift of treading on everybody's tenderest place. The Uncommercial Traveller
- Europe, sympathize also as closely with the Austrian system as the character of the emperor Joseph was antipathetical to it. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4
- Just as you can tell at sight whether certain persons attract or repel you, through some unknown, nameless influence that you are unable to fathom; so, in like degree, can you decide -- that is, if you possess a naturally sensitive mind -- whether they are drawn towards yourself or remain antipathetical. She and I, Volume 1
- The hornets and wasps were antipathetical, and it was possible to use one or the other, but not both simultaneously. Conan the Indomitable
- It was the first rule of the experienced hostess to get her antipathetical guests on soft cushions, naturally: stand-up rows were less easy to pursue when sitting down. The Alamut Ambush
- Love is sometimes the growth of degrees: it may also bound into existence in a moment; for there is a certain sympathetic attraction between some persons, as there is between others an antipathetical, repulsive force. She and I, Volume 1