antipathy

UK /ænˈtɪpəθi/ US /ænˈtɪpəθi/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

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 instan

For of our Alphabet the .P. doth omenouſly begin / Of theſe this much diſtaſted Ranck, […] vvere other Rankes not free / Of Publique-vveales Antipathie, prooling and peruerſe, P.

A Sect, vvhoſe chief Devotion lies / In odde perverſe Antipathies; / In falling out vvith that or this, / And finding ſomevvhat ſtill amiſs: […]

2

Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.

Oil and water have antipathy.

[…] Tangible Bodies haue an Antipathy vvith Aire; And if they finde any Liquid Body, that is more denſe, neere them, they vvill dravv it: And after they haue dravvne it, they vvill condenſe it more and in effect incorporate it; For vvee ſee that a Spunge, or vvooll, or Sugar, or a vvoollen Cloth, being put but in part, in vvater, or vvine, vvill dravv the Liquor higher, and beyond the place, vvhere the vvater or vvine commeth.

3

A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.

Let him be to thee, an Antipathy, / A thing thy nature ſvveates at, and turnes backvvard: […]

Dr. Slicer is decidedly one of my antipathies and I shall not go to ride with him. Why has he taken to coming here?

4

A person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater.

And therefore having firſt vvith horror vveigh'd / VVhat tis to die, and to die yong, to part vvith / All pleaſures, and delights: laſtly, to goe / VVhere all Antipathies to comfort dvvell / Furies behind, about thee, and before thee, / […] let deſpayre / Preuent the hangmans ſvvord, and on this ſcaffold / Make thy firſt entrance into Hell.

5

The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting.

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