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антипатия — meaning in English

antipatiya

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English meaning

  • antipathy noun Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
  • aversion noun A strong feeling of dislike or unwillingness toward something.
  • dislike verb To not like something or someone; to feel aversion toward.
  • repulsion noun A strong feeling of disgust or aversion.

Senses

антипатия is used for these senses in English:

  • antipathy (uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
  • aversion Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
  • dislike An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion.
  • repulsion An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.

antipathy — full definition

  1. noun Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. noun Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. noun A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.
  4. noun A person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater.

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