antipathy
Instinctive strong loathing
Antipathy is a deep-seated feeling of aversion or dislike toward someone or something.
Unlike casual distaste, antipathy suggests an instinctive or fundamental incompatibility: She felt an immediate antipathy toward her new boss.
The word often implies mutual hostility: The antipathy between the two factions dated back decades.
Natural antipathies exist between predator and prey, or between substances that don't mix.
Intense, settled disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
repugnance · odium · detestation · dislike · hatred · disrelish · disinclination · recoil
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
resentment · malice · spite · hatred · ill will · bad blood · rancor · acrimony
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
racism · sexism · homophobia · chauvinism · sectarianism · ethnocentrism · misogyny · ageism
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
dismissiveness · disrespect · deprecation · disparagement · mockery · ridicule · looking down · superiority
Immediate unthinking feeling
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- allergic reactionImmune system's hostile response
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
reflex · automatic response · personality clash · oil and water
loathing
Intense, settled disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
disgust · repugnance · odium · detestation · dislike · hatred · disrelish · disinclination · recoil · avoidance
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
belligerence · resentment · malice · spite · hatred · ill will · bad blood · rancor · acrimony · bitterness
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
xenophobia · racism · sexism · homophobia · chauvinism · sectarianism · ethnocentrism · misogyny · ageism · classism
disdain
Scornful disregard
condescension · dismissiveness · disrespect · deprecation · disparagement · mockery · ridicule · looking down · superiority · haughtiness
gut reaction
Immediate unthinking feeling
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- allergic reactionImmune system's hostile response
instinct · reflex · automatic response · personality clash · oil and water
- aversionaversion, disgust, hatred, repulsion, loathing
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- disfavordisapproval, dislike, disdain, contempt, scorn
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
- social feelingsadmiration, affection, animosity, contempt, disdain
antipathyamity
Peaceful mutual regard
friendship · cordiality · friendliness · congeniality · amiability