antipathy

«antipathy» in Mova's school dictionary: A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (antipathy, antipathies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something. tree →

2) Something that a person strongly dislikes. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, falling down the rabbit hole, Alice wonders if she will come out among «the Antipathies» – she means the Antipodes (people on the other side of the Earth, like Australia and New Zealand), and Carroll makes a joke by mixing up the two long words. In exam writing «antipathy» is a strong word for dislike. Phrases: «antipathy towards/to».

examples

• The cat has a deep antipathy towards the dog next door. tree →
• Alice thought she might come out among «the Antipathies». tree →
• There was a long antipathy between the two families. tree →
• I have an antipathy to cold porridge. tree →
• The Badger had a great antipathy to society and parties. tree →
• Her antipathy to spiders began when she was little. tree →

note

Said «an-TIP-uh-thee». Plural: antipathies. Opposite: sympathy. Do not mix up with «antipodes» (places on the opposite side of the Earth), which is Alice's joke.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «antipathy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.