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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

transitive verb (-nized; -nizing) Etymology: Greek antag?nizesthai, from anti- + ag?nizesthai to struggle, from ag?n 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 Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 evoke hostility or opposition or enmity in. 2 (of one force etc.) counteract or tend to neutralize (another). Derivatives: antagonization n. Etymology: Gk antagonizomai (as ANTI-, agonizomai f. agon contest)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Antagonize An*tag"o*nize, v. i. To act in opposition.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

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