antagonize
verb (used with object)
to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of.
antagonized
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past participleof antagonize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof antagonize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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But Adeyemi describes suffering somatic pain and panic attacks, alleging she is still being antagonized behind the scenes.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some also contend the deal has unnecessarily antagonized China, Australia’s main trading partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
In a June 19, 1970 columna, he antagonized the left by describing the pachucos of a previous generation as “anarchistic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
Yet this month, it antagonized someone much more powerful, and is already retreating just a touch.
From Slate ● May 21, 2024
Fyntan and Celine must have been alarmed by our misguided outpost in Kilanga, where we slept in their same house, antagonized their former friends, even turned their parrot out to nature’s maw.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
