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antilove

antilove adjective: opposing love.

Adjective

antilove (comparative more antilove, superlative most antilove)

  1. Opposing love.
    • Mowrer, Truxal and Merrill, and Groves all take what are essentially antilove positions.1974, J. Richard Udry, The social context of marriage, page 149
    • These two antagonists are not simply unloved; they are actively antilove, since they must destroy the love between Tristran and Isolt before they can hope to become loved.1984, Memphis State University. Dept. of English, Interpretations, Volume 15, page 35

Forms of antilove

comparativemore antilove
superlativemost antilove

Origin of antilove

From anti- + love.

Questions about antilove

What does antilove mean?
Antilove means opposing love.
What part of speech is antilove?
Antilove is an adjective.

Words near antilove in the dictionary

  1. antilopine wallaroo
  2. antilopine wallaroos
  3. antilopines
  4. antilopins
  5. antilottery
  6. antilove
  7. antiluciferase
  8. antiluetic
  9. antiluetics
  10. antilunar
  11. antilust

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