Meaning

5 senses
  1. An opponent or enemy.

    Antagonist, Widersacher, Gegner

    антагони́стantagoníst

  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

10 sentences
  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. — deniko

  2. Lukas is the antagonist of the film.

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

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

  5. He defeated his powerful antagonists.

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Translations

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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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