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Recent Examples of antipathetic Not only is her singing raucous but her characterization is off-putting, even antipathetic. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024 Yet despite highly antipathetic rhetoric from progressive European lawmakers, SUV popularity among the continent’s citizens is only rising. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Feb. 2024 Presuming that In-Yun surpasses traditional Western romance, Song goes for antipathetic lovelessness. Armond White, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023 But Fincher’s antipathetic TV-commercial motifs are not well served by The Smiths catalogue — the most droll, unabashed petition for empathy of the past half century. Armond White, National Review, 17 Nov. 2023 The United Nations, a flawed and often toothless organization, nonetheless represents international ideals antipathetic to the ongoing atrocity of human bondage. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023 Given the number of moving parts, not least exactly how much a president antipathetic to fracking could actually do, this seems a minimal risk for now. Liam Denning | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019 Pakistan is a nuclear state, an antipathetic but important U.S. ally and one of the largest Muslim-majority countries in the world. Russell Goldman, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2018 Even in this antipathetic context, Aldrich manages to find room for his characteristic intimations of breakdown and approaching chaos. Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipathetic
Adjective
  • Pollen, dust mites, fleas, plant or animal fibers, even mold spores — all the things that bother us — can also cause allergic reactions in our pets.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Severe allergic reactions, such as anaphylaxis, can sometimes cause dizziness.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s aggressive targeting of major law firms, many of which have advocated liberal policy positions and clients, also marks a striking new front in his second-term legal battles, as the administration pressures firms seen as politically hostile or unwilling to back its agenda.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
  • Russia will accrue enormous economic benefits if the United States facilitates its reentry into the world economy, generating revenue that will go directly to rebuilding its military, funding hostile intelligence operations and propping up a regime that’s never far from its next military adventure.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Vermont shows just 25 percent approval and 75 percent disapproval—the most negative margin in the country.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The financial services firm JPMorgan now forecasts negative U.S. growth in the second half of 2025, while projecting that China’s official growth will slip to 4.6 percent.
    Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Antipathetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipathetic. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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