Ill-disposed vs Invidious - What's the difference?
ill-disposed | invidious | Related terms |
Not much disposed towards somebody or something; unsympathetic.
* 2009 , Patrick Malcolmson & Richard Myers, The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada , University of Toronto Press (2009), ISBN 9781442600478,
* 2011 , Garrett G. Fagan, The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games , Cambridge University Press (2011), ISBN 9780521196161,
* 2011 , Tony MacLachlan, We Spared Not the Capital of America: War Between Britain and the United States 1812-15 , AuthorHouse (2011), ISBN 9781456781859,
(of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating
(of an action or task) causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense.
(of a thing) causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
envious, jealous
(obsolete) Hateful; odious; detestable
Ill-disposed is a related term of invidious.
As adjectives the difference between ill-disposed and invidious
is that ill-disposed is not much disposed towards somebody or something; unsympathetic while invidious is (of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating.ill-disposed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)page 61:
- And the Maritime colonies were similarly ill-disposed toward a legislative union.
page 252:
- The crowd may generally have been ill-disposed toward arena performers, but that could change depending on what was going on at any given time.
page 241:
- As a man of Eastern Tennessee, he also felt ill-disposed to co-operate with the men from the west.
invidious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The professor made invidious distinctions based only on his own whim.
