Meaning

5 senses
  1. An opponent or enemy.

    Antagonist, Widersacher, Gegner

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  2. One who antagonizes or stirs.

    антагони́стantagoníst

    someone who offers opposition

  3. A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of other agonist chemicals, such as endogenous chemical messengers.

    Antagonist

  4. The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.

    Antagonist

  5. A muscle that acts in opposition to another.

    A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

    a muscle that relaxes while another contracts

Examples

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  1. Despite being the antagonist in the movie, I liked her character.

    Незважаючи на те, що вона була антагоністом цього фільму, мені сподобався її персонаж.

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  2. Lukas is the antagonist of the film.

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  3. I'm usually more interested in films' antagonists than their protagonists.

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  4. The antagonist of the book was introduced on the second page.

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  5. He defeated his powerful antagonists.

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Translations

7 languages
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Origin

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “to antagonize”).

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