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antipathy

[an-tip-uh-thee] / ænˈtɪp ə θi /


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Worse were Hong’s attempts to confront her apparent antipathy toward holidays including Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July and even Halloween that appeared on her unscrubbed X account.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

"Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you," Bilton wrote.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

“Your antipathy to the future of the show is loud and clear.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

"Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you," Bilton wrote in a termination letter late Tuesday, according to CBS News.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Despite her professed antipathy, Sims must have accepted it.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Pet peeves do have something in common with unreasonable antipathies, and that’s the level of degree.

From Washington Post May 1, 2022

Put aside the irony of a charge of anti-Semitism hurled against a writer for whom anti-Semitism was one of his most visceral antipathies.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2021

We wish you the best in your affections and antipathies.

From Fox News Dec. 9, 2019

By the time of Brooks’s attack on Sumner, sectional antipathies had almost killed the Second Party System.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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