antagonize
verb (used with object)
to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of.
antagonizes
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present tense formof antagonize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Instead the city is pursuing a policy that further antagonizes landlords and sends tenants the message that they might be able to get away with not paying rent if they fight hard enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
However, naltrexone, in both short- and long-acting forms, has the opposite pharmacology: it antagonizes mu receptors, occupying them without activating them.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2023
I enjoy art that antagonizes you, and then, slowly, in an emotional striptease, reveals a gooey, loving center.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
It doesn’t stop the smoldering resentment that I feel deep down when she antagonizes me.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2019
Nothing worries and antagonizes a female bear more than to have people between her and her brood.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
