ANTAGONIZE DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
antagonize v 1: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" [syn: antagonize, antagonise] 2: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) antagonize transitive verb (-nized; -nizing) Etymology: Greek antagōnizesthai, from anti- + agōnizesthai to struggle, from agōn contest — more at agony Date: circa 1742 1. to act in opposition to ; counteract 2. to incur or provoke the hostility of <his criticism antagonized his friends> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary antagonize (antagonizes, antagonizing, antagonized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'antagonise' If you antagonize someone, you make them feel angry or hostile towards you. He didn't want to antagonize her. VERB: V n English Explanatory Dictionary antagonize ænˈtæɡənaɪz v.tr. (also -ise) 1 evoke hostility or opposition or enmity in. 2 (of one force etc.) counteract or tend to neutralize (another). øøantagonization n. [Gk antagonizomai (as ANTI-, agonizomai f. agon contest)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Antagonize \An*tag"o*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Antagonozing.] [Gr. ?. See Antagonism.] To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Antagonize \An*tag"o*nize\, v. i. To act in opposition. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms antagonize I. v. a. Oppose, contend against, counteract, conflict with, be hostile to, tend to annul, check. II. v. n. Struggle together, contend with each other, be at feud, tend to annul each other. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 68 Moby Thesaurus words for "antagonize": aggravate, alienate, battle, be antipathetic, be inimical, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, clash, close with, collide, combat, compete with, conflict, conflict with, confute, contend against, contest, contradict, contrapose, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, embitter, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, fight, fight against, go against, go counter to, grapple with, heat up, infuriate, interfere with, join battle with, labor against, lock horns, madden, meet head-on, militate against, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, provoke, reluct, reluctate, resist, rival, run against, run counter to, set against, set at odds, stem the tide, strive against, struggle against, swim upstream, take on, vie with, work against |
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