antipatico

See also: antipático

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian antipatico.

Adjective

antipatico (comparative more antipatico, superlative most antipatico)

1. (of people or situations) Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby.
   • 1852, Michael Burke Honan, The Personal Adventures of "Our Own Correspondent" in Italy, pg. 56:

     I must say, even for my own part, that however much I respected German superiority, I thought it a cruel dispensation for the gay-hearted Italian to be made subject to a power so antipatico to him, and it is only the bad use which the Italian made of his transient gleam of liberty, that reconciles me now to the presence of a foreign force.

   • 1909, Ruth Little Mason, The Trailers: a Novel, Fleming H. Revell Company, pg. 221:

     They are all business and brusqueness, and they bore us, and are antipatico.

   • 1994, July 27, Maggie Brown, The Independent, [1]:

     I can hardly turn on the telly without being confronted by your antipatico manner.

Antonyms

• simpatico

Anagrams

• capitation

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Italian

Etymology

antipatia +‎ -ico

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.tiˈpa.ti.ko/

Adjective

1. (of people or situations) unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby

   Synonyms: spiacevole, sgradevole

   Antonym: simpatico

Derived terms

• antipaticamente

Noun

antipatico m (plural antipatici, feminine antipatica)

1. unpleasant person, odious person, unsympathetic person, harsh person, crabby person

   Antonym: simpatico

Anagrams

• anticipato

Further reading

• antipatico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Spanish

Adjective

antipatico (feminine antipatica, masculine plural antipaticos, feminine plural antipaticas)

1. Misspelling of antipático.