antipathy

Example Sentences

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And as the tribunes who stir up the populace’s antipathy toward Coriolanus, William DeMeritt and Zuzanna Szadkowski are bland, seemingly unwilling to decide whether their characters are nefarious or just mildly meddlesome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

In any event, his campaign generated unprecedented enthusiasm, driving the largest turnout in a New York City election for 56 years — and also generated intense antipathy.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Any antipathy that Barcelona may have had for Real Madrid in the past does not preclude the fact that for years it seemed that they wanted to be them.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

And there was the bristling antipathy he felt toward his authoritarian father.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025

John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë