Vocabulary
Antipathy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
Urdu meaning
نفرت کا احساس، کراہت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- IT is deeply unfortunate that the security of millions is potentially being put at stake over the persistent antipathy between the PTI and the government.
- His antipathy towards Russia erupted when in 1947, he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- Perhaps this is one reason why tech-entrepreneurs like Musk show `libertarian` tendenciesthat reflect unhinged antipathy towards the state and bureaucracy.
- Their mutual antipathy is traceable only in the reality of their respective relationships with the establishment.
- In an interview with Karan Thapar, a Bangladeshi editor regrettably noted that there was palpable antipathy in his country towards India.
Synonyms
hostility, antagonism, animosity, aversion, animus, opposition, enmity, dislike
Antonyms
liking, affinity, rapport
Curator example
“his fundamental antipathy to capitalism”
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