antagonizes
- present tense form of antagonize (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“He antagonizes me on Twitter,” he said to a bystander, in an attempt to pass me off a second time.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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
Stoner’s implacable stand antagonizes Walker’s brilliant and charismatic thesis adviser, Hollis Lomax, whose “body is grotesquely misshapen” by a hump on his back.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2015
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
