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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antagonise, counteract |
| Type of | move, act |
Examples of antagonize
antagonize
I've never seen pests antagonize this shrub with dark-green, needlelike foliage.
From the chron.com
It makes you appear that you want to antagonize and derail, not debate or learn.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
As for Obama, the network is still figuring out how to palatably antagonize him.
From the time.com
Barack Obama's tax policy is likely both to please and to antagonize companies.
From the businessweek.com
It does no good for Detroit to antagonize the governor or the rest of Michigan.
From the freep.com
It would antagonize Sunnis, likely dashing prospects for a national government.
From the fresnobee.com
Other units may attempt to steal the guidon to demoralize or antagonize the unit.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Tyler took over and soon managed to antagonize both parties into disowning him.
From the time.com
The former heavyweight champion had nobody to antagonize, for the moment, anyway.
From the time.com
- Provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"
- Act in opposition to
- (antagonism) hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will
- (antagonism) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
- (antagonism) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
- (antagonism) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
- (Antagonism (chemistry)) In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects.
- (Antagonism (phytopathology)) In phytopathology, antagonism refers to the action of any organism that suppress or interfere the normal growth and activity of a plant pathogen, such as bacteria or fungi.
- To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction
