antipathetic

adjective

opposed, averse, or contrary; having or showing antipathy: They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes

causing or likely to cause antipathy: The new management was antipathetic to all of us.

Also, an·ti·pa·thet·i·cal.

Origin:
1630–40; < Greek antipathḗs opposed in feeling (anti- + -pathēs, adj. derivative of páthos pathos), with -etic by analogy with pathetic

Related forms

an·ti·pa·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

an·ti·pa·thet·i·cal·ness, noun

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antipathetic or antipathetical (ænˌtɪpəˈθɛtɪk, ˌæntɪpə-)

—*adj*
	(often foll by to) having or arousing a strong aversion

antipathetical or antipathetical

—*adj*

antipa'thetically or antipathetical

—*adv*

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