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Meaning of ANTITHETICAL

Pronunciation:  `anti'thetikul

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 Definition: [adj]  sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"
 
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 Synonyms: antithetic, different
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, balancing, clashing, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, cross, dead against, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, fractious, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, inverse, negative, noncooperative, obstinate, obverse, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, overthwart, perverse, polar, polaric, polarized, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, reverse, rival, squared off, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious
 

 

 

 

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