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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Anglophobia, Russophobia, abhorrence, abomination, allergy, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, anti-Semitism, antithesis, averseness, aversion, avoidance, backlash, backwardness, bad blood, belligerence, bigotry, clash, clashing, cold sweat, collision, competition, conflict, confrontation, confutation, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness, creeping flesh, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, cursoriness, despitefulness, detestation, disaccord, disagreement, discrepancy, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disobedience, disrelish, dissension, dissent, distaste, enmity, escape, eschewal, evasion, execration, foot-dragging, fractiousness, friction, grudging consent, grudgingness, hate, hatred, horror, hostility, inconsistency, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, inimicalness, interference, intractableness, kick, lack of enthusiasm, lack of zeal, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignity, misandry, misanthropy, misogyny, mortal horror, mutinousness, nausea, negativeness, nolition, nonconformity, noncooperation, obstinacy, odium, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, peeve, perfunctoriness, perverseness, perversity, pet peeve, phobia, polarity, quarrelsomeness, race hatred, racism, rancor, reaction, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recoil, refractoriness, refusal, reluctance, renitence, renitency, repellency, repercussion, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, revolt, rivalry, showdown, shuddering, slowness, spite, spitefulness, stubbornness, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, swimming upstream, uncooperativeness, unenthusiasm, unwillingness, vials of hate, vials of wrath, vying, xenophobia

Dictionary Results for antipathy:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

antipathy
    n 1: a feeling of intense dislike [syn: antipathy, aversion,
         distaste]
    2: the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be
       avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Antipathy \An*tip"a*thy\, n.; pl. Antipathies. [L. antipathia,
   Gr. ?; 'anti` against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See
   Pathos.]
   1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or
      dislike; repugnance; distaste.
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            Inveterate antipathies against particular nations,
            and passionate attachments to others, are to be
            avoided.                              --Washington.
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   2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of
      qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
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            A habit is generated of thinking that a natural
            antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I.
                                                  Taylor.
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   Note: Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by
         to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
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   Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity;
        ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See
        Dislike.
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3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

ANTIPATHY, n.  The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

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