Antipathy - English meaning

noun

A feeling of revulsion; disgusted loathing.

Usage examples:

The thought of marrying him filled her with abhorrence

noun

A feeling of hating something or someone

Usage examples:

She looked at him in/with abhorrence., she has an abhorrence of change.

noun

A damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially a particular food, pollen, fur, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive.

Usage examples:

Symptoms of a food allergy usually develop within about an hour after eating the offending food.

noun

A condition that causes illness when someone eats certain foods or touches or breathes in certain substances

Usage examples:

Your rash is caused by an allergy to peanuts., i’m allergic to cats.

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A condition that makes a person become sick or develop skin or breathing problems because they have eaten certain foods or been near certain substances

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An allergy to wheat, a wheat allergy

noun

Strong hostility.

Usage examples:

He no longer felt any animosity towards her

noun

Strong dislike, opposition, or anger

Usage examples:

Of course we're competitive, but there's no personal animosity between us., in spite of his injurie…

noun

Hostility or ill feeling.

Usage examples:

The author's animus towards her

noun

A feeling of hate or anger towards someone or something

Usage examples:

He harbours no animus toward his rival.

noun

Active hostility or opposition.

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The antagonism between them

noun

Strong dislike or opposition, or a particular example of it

Usage examples:

[ u ] the attorney accused the witness of antagonism toward his client.

noun

Hate, extreme unfriendliness, or active opposition to someone

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There's a history of antagonism between the two teams., the antagonism towards neighbouring states,…

noun

A strong dislike or disinclination.

Usage examples:

They made plain their aversion to the use of force

noun

A feeling of strong dislike or unwillingness to do something

Usage examples:

I felt an instant aversion to his parents., she has a deep aversion to getting up early.

noun

(a person or thing that causes) a feeling of strong dislike or of not wishing to do something

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I felt an instant aversion to his parents., she has a deep aversion to getting up in the morning., …

verb

Feel distaste for or hostility towards.

Usage examples:

She disliked any kind of unnecessary rudeness

noun

A feeling of distaste or hostility.

Usage examples:

Despite her dislike of publicity, she was quite a celebrated figure

verb

To not like; to find someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc.

Usage examples:

I dislike the idea of leaving him home alone all evening., [ c ] a dislike of flying

noun

Mild dislike or aversion.

Usage examples:

Harry nurtured a distaste for all things athletic

noun

A dislike of something because you consider it unpleasant or unacceptable

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She has a distaste for hot, humid weather., cutting a player from a team is a distasteful task for …

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A dislike of something that you find unpleasant or unacceptable

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Distaste for his distaste for publicity of any sort is well known., she looked at the advertisement…

noun

A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.

Usage examples:

Decades of enmity between the two countries

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Strong dislike or hate

noun

A feeling of hate

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She denied any personal enmity towards him., bitter historical enmities underlie the present violen…

noun

A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.

Usage examples:

I've never been one to hold a grudge

verb

Be resentfully unwilling to give or allow (something).

Usage examples:

He grudged the work and time that the meeting involved

noun

A strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who treated you badly

Usage examples:

He wasn’t one to hold a grudge, but he wasn’t going to be friendly.

verb

Feel intense dislike for.

Usage examples:

The boys hate each other

noun

Intense dislike.

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Feelings of hate and revenge

verb

To strongly dislike someone or something

Usage examples:

[ t ] kelly hates her teacher., [ t ] i have always hated speaking in public., [ + to infinitive ] …

noun

Intense dislike; hate.

Usage examples:

Racial hatred

noun

A strong feeling of dislike; hate

Usage examples:

He has an extreme hatred of taxes and tolls.

noun

An extremely strong feeling of dislike

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Hatred of what is very clear in these letters is clark's passionate hatred of his father., the moti…

noun

Hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.

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Their hostility to all outsiders

noun

An occasion when someone is unfriendly or shows that they do not like something

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They showed open (= obvious) hostility to/towards their new neighbours., hostilities began/broke ou…

noun

A feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred.

Usage examples:

The thought filled him with loathing

verb

Feel intense dislike or disgust for.

Usage examples:

She loathed him on sight

noun

A strong feeling of hating someone or something

Usage examples:

The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing., he approached his enemy with fear a…

noun

General or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions.

Usage examples:

He incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption

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Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument.

Usage examples:

There was considerable opposition to the proposal

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Disagreement with something, often by speaking or fighting against it, or (esp. in politics) the people or group who are not in power

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The proposal faces strong opposition., they expect to defeat the opposition.

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Intense disgust.

Usage examples:

Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses

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A feeling of disgust caused by behaviour or beliefs, etc. that are very unpleasant

Usage examples:

The thought of eating meat fills me with repugnance., overcoming his physical repugnance, he reache…