antipatico
See also: antipático
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian antipatico.
Adjective
editantipatico (comparative more antipatico, superlative most antipatico)
- (of people or situations) Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby.
- Antonym: simpatico
- 1852, Michael Burke Honan, The Personal Adventures of "Our Own Correspondent" in Italy, page 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, page 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.
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editantipatico (feminine antipatica, masculine plural antipatici, feminine plural antipatiche)
- unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby (of people or situations)
- Synonyms: spiacevole, sgradevole
- Antonym: simpatico
Derived terms
editNoun
editantipatico m (plural antipatici, feminine antipatica)
- unpleasant person, odious person, unsympathetic person, harsh person, crabby person
- Antonym: simpatico
Further reading
edit- antipatico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- antipatico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- antipatico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- antipatico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- antipatico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- antipatico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editantipatico (feminine antipatica, masculine plural antipaticos, feminine plural antipaticas)
- Misspelling of antipático.
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