anti-English
adjective
uk/ˌæn.tiˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ//ˌæn.taɪˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/opposedto ordirectedagainstEnglandorEnglishpeople:
They said they hadencounteredsome anti-Englishfeeling.
This is neither anti-Scottishnoranti-English.
opposedto ordirectedagainst the use of theEnglishlanguagein aparticularsituationorplace:
Campaignersinsistedthat they were not anti-English, butwantedtoresistthedominanceof any oneparticularlanguage.
- Thefanschantedanti-Englishslogans.
- We had notexperiencedanyovertanti-Englishbias.
- They weresaddenedby thelevelof anti-Englishprejudice.
- He says he is not anti-English, butwantstolimitthenumberof secondhomesbeingboughtbyEnglishpeople.
- There was ahugewaveof anti-Englishprotest.
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- anti-American
- anti-British
- cup
- cut
- despise
- detest
- disdain
- disdainful
- disdainfully
- mind
- not besomeone'scup of teaidiom
- not go much onsomethingidiom
- not have a civil word to say aboutsomeoneidiom
- not know whatsomeonesees insomeone/somethingidiom
- not take kindly tosomethingidiom
- stand
- thing