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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Antipathetic \An'ti*pa*thet"ic\, Antipathetical \An'ti*pa*thet"ic*al\, adjective Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
antipathetic
adjective
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: {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}, {antipathetical}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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