antagonize
to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
to act in opposition to; oppose.
Origin of antagonize
1- Also especially British, an·tag·o·nise .
Other words from antagonize
- an·tag·o·niz·a·ble, adjective
- an·tag·o·ni·za·tion, noun
- re·an·tag·o·nize, verb (used with object), re·an·tag·o·nized, re·an·tag·o·niz·ing.
- un·an·tag·o·niz·a·ble, adjective
- un·an·tag·o·nized, adjective
- un·an·tag·o·niz·ing, adjective
- un·an·tag·o·niz·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use antagonize in a sentence
Traficant had voted with Republicans regularly for years and antagonized his party with his antics.
Marjorie Taylor Greene would be in rare company if she is kicked off her committees | Aaron Blake | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostCompanies feared antagonizing the mercurial president and ending up in the crosshairs of his Twitter account and struggled to keep pace as new policies were announced and revoked without warning.
Stocks drive higher, brushing aside worries about U.S. stability | David J. Lynch | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostEveryone takes turns antagonizing the ghost until it shows up, so that you can snag a photo.
Are you a ‘Phasmophobia’ pro? Here are some alternate rules to keep the scares fresh. | Elise Favis | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostSo Ossoff and Warnock have little incentive to antagonize them.
Warnock And Ossoff Are Testing A New Strategy For Democrats In The South | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | December 14, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightWill this prove to be self-defeating by further antagonizing independent voters?
Antagonizing the Clinton administration eventually contributed to Netanyahu's downfall.
Every bomb we drop, antagonizing more civilians, makes that goal more unrealizable.
And all are fearful of ridicule or, worse, antagonizing voters back home.
If you take them both away, the locals, whom you have been studiously antagonizing, will swamp whoever you leave behind.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperThere are countless facts not only unaccounted for but diametrically opposed to it and antagonizing it.
The Other Side of Evolution | Alexander PattersonNow it need hardly be stated that Peggy had no premeditated intention of antagonizing the man.
Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. JacksonOne thing seemed clear—that he had gone further than was necessary in antagonizing the old woman.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig | David Graham PhillipsBut this Englishman, with his harsh and violently antagonizing way of putting things, was clearly not the man for the need.
The Palace of Darkened Windows | Mary Hastings Bradley
British Dictionary definitions for antagonize
antagonise
/ (ænˈtæɡəˌnaɪz) /
to make hostile; annoy or irritate
to act in opposition to or counteract
Origin of antagonize
1Derived forms of antagonize
- antagonizable or antagonisable, adjective
- antagonization or antagonisation, noun
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