Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antipatico

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tipati-co
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby.

Example Sentences

"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."
"They are all business and brusqueness, and they bore us, and are antipatico."
"I can hardly turn on the telly without being confronted by your antipatico manner."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian antipatico.

Inflected Forms

more antipatico (comparative) most antipatico (superlative)

Antonyms

simpatico

Questions

What does antipatico mean?: Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby.
Where does antipatico come from?: Borrowed from Italian antipatico.

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