Main Entry: an·tip·a·thy

Pronunciation: \an-ˈti-pə-thē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural an·tip·a·thies

Etymology: Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from antipathēs of opposite feelings, from anti- + pathos experience — more at pathos

Date: 1600

1 obsolete : opposition in feeling
2 : settled aversion or dislike : distaste <his well-known antipathy to taxes>
3 : an object of aversion

synonyms see enmity