Associations to the word «Antipathy»

Wiktionary

ANTIPATHY, noun. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
ANTIPATHY, noun. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

Dictionary definition

ANTIPATHY, noun. A feeling of intense dislike.
ANTIPATHY, noun. The object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats