(usually followed by 'to') strongly opposed. Synonyms:antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth."Averse to taking risks" , "Loath to go on such short notice" , "Clearly indisposed to grant their request"
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Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. Synonyms:antagonistic, antipathetical."Antipathetic factions within the party"
... and draw them near to the Torah," and that he would have been fundamentally opposed to the new missionary attitude of Paul. The doctrines of the Epistle to the Romans, or the Epistle to the Ephesians, are absolutely antipathetic to the ideal of the "Allegories of the Laws." Paul is allied in spirit—though his expression is that of the fanatic rather than of the philosopher—to the extreme allegorist section of philosophical Jews at Alexandria, attacked by Philo for their shallowness in the famous ... — Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria • Norman Bentwich Read full book for free!