Although the words enmity and antipathy have much in common, enmity indicates a positive hatred that can be open or hidden. Health officials in these places said they did not expect such anti-vaccine antipathy. Antipathy (countless and innumerable, plural antipathies) He was motivated to act so quickly, not because of his passion for Martinez`s candidacy, but because of his dislike for Myers. Prince Philip misunderstood the public`s dislike for the royal family in the days following Diana`s death in a car accident in 1997. But what they have in common, I think, is that they are told what to do: their aversion to it. He cannot hide his long-standing dislike for the British. Some time ago, I asked a Texas conservative I know to unpack the antipathy aroused by Cruz. Enmity, hostility, antipathy, antagonism, hostility, resentment, hostility signify a deep-rooted aversion or wickedness. Enmity suggests positive hatred, which can be open or hidden. Tacit hostility indicates enmity that manifests itself in attacks or aggression. Hostility between the two nations Antipathy and antagonism imply a natural or logical basis for one`s own hatred or aversion, antipathy that indicates repulsion, the desire to avoid or reject, and antagonism, which indicates a clash of temperaments that easily leads to hostility.
A natural antipathy for selfish antagonism between brothers and hostility indicates an intense evil will and vindictiveness that threaten to trigger hostility. The hostility that led to the resentment of revenge applies particularly to the bitter rumination of injustice. Resentment filled every line of his Animus letters adds to the hostility the implication of strong prejudices. Objections without personal animosity Polls have shown that voters have had an aversion to Congress as a body for decades, but support their own representative. 1. Natural aversion; instinctive inconsistency or opposition in feelings; an aversion to the real or ideal presence of a particular object. This word literally refers to a natural aversion that can have varying degrees and, in some cases, can cause terror or terror in the presence of an object. It is the aversion of animals to their natural enemies, like a mouse`s aversion to a cat or a weasel. Sometimes people have an insurmountable constitutional aversion to certain types of foods. The meanings of hostility and antipathy overlap widely; However, hostility indicates enmity that manifests itself in attacks or aggressions. National antipathy worked on some heads, religious antipathy on others. In the new parliament, this antipathy was almost tantamount to mania.
America`s aversion to the Middle East continues even after the architects of the Iraq war have left the scene. Although in some cases almost identical to antipathy, resentment is particularly applied to bitter rumination about injustice. It may very well be that she hasn`t been known enough for generating so much antipathy, but it`s just nice to portray that as her failure. If you look at the Greek roots of this word – anti- (“against”) and pathos (“feeling”), you can see that antipathy is a feeling against someone or something. In general, antipathies are feelings that are kept at least a little secret and are not open. Some common synonyms of antipathy are hostility, hostility, antagonism, enmity, hostility and resentment. Although all these words mean “deep-rooted aversion or malice,” antipathy and antagonism imply a natural or logical basis for one`s own hatred or aversion, antipathy that indicates aversion, desire to avoid or reject, and antagonism, which indicates a conflict of temperaments that easily leads to hostility. Countless houses had been built on the deck for this, but the intelligent animal had an ingrained aversion to restraint. An antipathy is a deep-seated aversion to something or someone. Usually, it`s a long-term condition, congenital and quite unlikely to change — like your antipathy toward the Red Sox.
Some or all of the entry was imported from the 1913 edition of Webster`s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and therefore in the public domain. Imported definitions can be significantly obsolete and new meanings may be completely absent. (See entry for antipathy in Webster`s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G.