antagonize
verb (used with object)
to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of.
antagonise
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a variation of
antagonize.
Example Sentences
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"We don't want to antagonise and bring the noise on ourselves. We will make a decision on where we do that tomorrow."
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
She was under pressure from European colleagues not to antagonise the US over Greenland, in case that impacts US support for Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
There are also economic targets Iran could strike, but this would antagonise its Gulf Arab neighbours who have recently reached an uneasy modus vivendi with the Islamic Republic.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
The White House and its allies in Congress seemed careful not to further antagonise him after his earlier comments.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
For the latter were, in fact, popular and traditional, and the whole aim of the Cynics was to antagonise the current estimate of values.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Ingeborg Andersen
