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Antipathy N Aversion Dislike Tom's Extreme Disputes Arguments

Antipathy means aversion or dislike. Tom's extreme antipathy for disputes prevents him from arguing with his temperamental wife; he is antipathetic to noise and dislikes car horns, boom boxes, and heavy metal rock.

Antipathie signifie aversion ou aversion. L'extrême antipathie de Tom pour les disputes l'empêche de se disputer avec sa femme lunatique. Le bruit sous toutes ses formes lui est antipathique. Parmi ses antipathies particulières figurent les voitures klaxonnantes, les boom-boxes et le rock heavy metal.

Word antipathy
Part of Speech N.
Definition aversion; dislike.
Sentence Tom's extreme antipathy for disputes keeps him from getting into arguments with his temperamental wife.  Noise in any form is antipathetic to him.  Among his particular antipathies are honking cars, boom boxes, and heavy metal rock.

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