Adjective : They were antipathetic to many of the proposed changes ,The new management was antipathetic to all of us. From Dictionary.com.
But of all Orientals, the most antipathetical companion to an. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The hornets and wasps were antipathetical, and it was possible to use one or the other, but not both simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Indomitable]
It was the first rule of the experienced hostess to get her antipathetical guests on soft cushions, naturally: stand-up rows were less easy to pursue when sitting down. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
Love is sometimes the growth of degrees: it may also bound into existence in a moment; for there is a certain sympathetic attraction between some persons, as there is between others an antipathetical, repulsive force. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
In the first place, because Mawley was so antipathetical to me, that I dearly loved to combat his assertions; and, secondly, on account of his disparaging my beau ideal of all that is grand and good in a writer and in man. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
Just as you can tell at sight whether certain persons attract or repel you, through some unknown, nameless influence that you are unable to fathom; so, in like degree, can you decide -- that is, if you possess a naturally sensitive mind -- whether they are drawn towards yourself or remain antipathetical. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
But with dissimilitudes no conjunction can be effected, because they are antipathetical. From Wordnik.com. [The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love] Reference
He was an antipathetical being, with a peculiar power and gift of treading on everybody's tenderest place. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncommercial Traveller] Reference
Europe, sympathize also as closely with the Austrian system as the character of the emperor Joseph was antipathetical to it. From Wordnik.com. [Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4] Reference
/In truth you will have added a new lustre of virtue to that name, which I never hoped to see it brightened with; for, as my Penfillan grandfather's physiological observations on his stock had led him to the conclusion that it was capable of producing rascals and vagabonds enough, but not one solitary instance of a blockhead, so mine had hitherto tended to certify me that 'the name of Welsh' had something in it wholly and everlastingly antipathetical to patience and toleration, and was no more capable of coalescing with it than fire with water. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
1668, 4to.p. 22, recommends "birch" in such cases, "as a specifical medicine, antipathetical to demons.". From Wordnik.com. [Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster] Reference
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