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antipathous

/ænˈtɪpəθəs/

antipathous adjective: synonym of antipathic.

Adjective

antipathous (comparative more antipathous, superlative most antipathous)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of antipathic.
    • What ſublunary miſchief can predominate a wiſe man thus? or doth thy friendſhip play (in this antipathous extreme) with mine, leſt gladneſſe ſuffocate me?c. 1608–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, “Four Playes, or Morall Representations, in One”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published...
    Synonyms:
    antipathic

Synonyms of antipathous

Forms of antipathous

comparativemore antipathous
superlativemost antipathous

Origin of antipathous

Irregularly from either antipathy or Ancient Greek ἀντιπαθής (antipathḗs) + -ous.

Questions about antipathous

What does antipathous mean?
Antipathous means synonym of antipathic.
What part of speech is antipathous?
Antipathous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce antipathous?
Antipathous is pronounced /ænˈtɪpəθəs/.

Words near antipathous in the dictionary

  1. antipathizing
  2. antipathogen
  3. antipathogenic
  4. antipathogens
  5. antipathological
  6. antipathous
  7. antipathy
  8. antipatico
  9. antipatriarchal
  10. antipatriarchally
  11. antipatriarchical

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