antipathetic
Feeling strong dislike
Antipathetic means feeling or showing strong aversion or opposition: She was antipathetic to the whole idea.
The word describes a fundamental incompatibility or natural opposition between things or people.
Someone antipathetic to change resists it instinctively.
The term is formal and somewhat literary; in casual speech, people more often say hostile or opposed.
Scornful disregard
- dislikeMild negative regard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
loathing · disgust · revulsion · abhorrence · detestation · scorn · derision · sneering
Actively opposed or hostile
- inimicalHarmful or hostile
- adversarialCharacterized by conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- combativeInclined toward conflict
aggressive · confrontational · contentious · pugnacious · truculent · bellicose · quarrelsome · acrimonious
Averse to acting
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- opposedAgainst something stated
- unwillingOpposed to participating
loath · hesitant · aversion · distrustful · skeptical · wary · unsympathetic · disapproving
Not welcoming or warm
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
- unapproachableImpossible to access or befriend
unsociable · inhospitable · unwelcoming · chilly · frigid · glacial · frosty · icy
Striking with discord
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
- irreconcilableImpossible to resolve together
mismatched · opposed · contrary · contradictory · at variance · dissonant · jarring · oil and water
disdain
Scornful disregard
resentment · loathing · disgust · revulsion · abhorrence · detestation · scorn · derision · sneering · dismissive
antagonistic
Actively opposed or hostile
- inimicalHarmful or hostile
- adversarialCharacterized by conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
combative · aggressive · confrontational · contentious · pugnacious · truculent · bellicose · quarrelsome · acrimonious · vitriolic
disinclined
Averse to acting
unwilling · loath · hesitant · aversion · distrustful · skeptical · wary · unsympathetic · disapproving · indisposed
unfriendly
Not welcoming or warm
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
unapproachable · unsociable · inhospitable · unwelcoming · chilly · frigid · glacial · frosty · icy · reserved
clashing
Striking with discord
- conflictingIncompatible with each other
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- incongruousNot fitting together harmoniously
irreconcilable · mismatched · opposed · contrary · contradictory · at variance · dissonant · jarring · oil and water · polar opposites
- hostile attitudeshostile, aggressive, combative, belligerent, adversarial
antipatheticsympathetic
Feeling others' emotions
warmhearted · fond · loving · affectionate · well-disposed
antipatheticcongenial
Friendly and likable
compatible · agreeable · harmonious · simpatico · concordant
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