Meaning

1 senses
  1. To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).

    The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.

    antagonisieren, entgegenwirken, bekämpfen

More definitions
  • provoke the hostility of
  • act in opposition to

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Don't antagonize Tom.

    Не треба антагонізувати Тома. — deniko

  2. You can't afford to antagonize Tom.

  3. I don't want to antagonize Tom.

  4. Tom didn't want to antagonize Mary.

  5. Tom antagonized Mary.

Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to oppose:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízo

From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai). By surface analysis, ant- + agon + -ize.

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Forms

antagonizes, antagonizing, antagonized, antagonized
Base formantagonize · to antagonize
3rd person singularantagonizes
Present participleantagonizing
Past simpleantagonized
Past participleantagonized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyantagonize
he, she, itantagonizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsantagonized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave antagonized
he, she, ithas antagonized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill antagonize

Synonyms

78 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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