antipathous

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/ænˈtɪpəθəs/

adjective

Synonym of antipathic.

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OriginAncient Greek ἀντιπαθής →
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Meanings

adjectiveantipathous (comparative more antipathous, superlative most antipathous)

comparative more antipathous · superlative most antipathous

  1. obsoleteSynonym of antipathic.

    What ſublunary miſchief can predominate a wiſe man thus? or doth thy friendſhip play (in this antipathous extreme) with mine, leſt gladneſſe ſuffocate me?

    c. 1608–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, “Four Playes, or Morall Representations, in One”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, [The Triumph of Love, scene ii], page 34, column 1

    Synonyms: antipathic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of antipathic.

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antipathic
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antipatheticantipathic

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀντιπαθής
  2. Englishantipathous

Irregularly from either antipathy or Ancient Greek ἀντιπαθής (antipathḗs) + -ous.

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