Antonyms for antagonistic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : an-tag-uh-nis-tik

Phonetic Transcription : ænˌtæg əˈnɪs tɪk

Definition of antagonistic

Origin : 1630s, from antagonist + -ic. Related: Antagonistical (1620s); antagonistically.

adj opposing

Example sentences :

There was self-assertion, but not of the antagonistic—solely of the inviting sort.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

To most men reason and passion appear to be antagonistic both in idea and fact.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

All of them are antagonistic to sense and have an affinity to number and measure and a presentiment of ideas.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

For criticism is antagonistic to the normal bent of the mind.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

Then it came, in the jeering laughter of the antagonistic Dalis.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various

He wondered why the mine owner should be antagonistic to him, when there was nothing at stake.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

Who ever heard of any antagonistic or even of dissimilar synonyms?
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

The boy was uneasy, suspicious, antagonistic, but not afraid.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte

When they do exist, they are not the outgrowths of slavery, but are antagonistic to that system.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

For treating the two as antagonistic the time has clearly gone by.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for antagonistic

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