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Antipathetic

adjective
1.
(usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed.  Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth.  "Averse to taking risks" , "Loath to go on such short notice" , "Clearly indisposed to grant their request"
2.
Characterized by antagonism or antipathy.  Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical.  "Antipathetic factions within the party"





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"Antipathetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... sexual relations. Such a woman may be fairly or even quite happy with a husband who repels her physically, but whom she likes or respects. And what I said about the wife applies with still greater force to the husband. A man who marries a woman who is physically antipathetic to him ...
— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson


Words linked to "Antipathetic" :   antipathy, disinclined, hostile


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