antipathy /ænˈtɪpəθi/ noun5 •Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.For of our Alphabet the .P. doth omenously begin / Of these this much distasted Ranck, […] vvere other Rankes not free / Of Publique-vveales Antipathie, prooling and peruerse, P. — 1606 •Natural contrariety or incompatibility between things, as a result of which they negatively affect or oppose each other; (countable) an instance of this.Oil and water have antipathy. •The quality of being antipathetic: not easily united by grafting. •A person or thing that one has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards; an anathema, a bête noire, a bugbear.Let him be to thee, an Antipathy, / A thing thy nature svveates at, and turnes backvvard: […] — 1607 •(no longer used) A person or thing that has a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance towards another person or thing; a hater. formsantipathies