Synonyms for antagonize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : an-tag-uh-nahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtæg əˌnaɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for antagonize Other synonyms for the word antagonize
Définition of antagonize
Origin :- 1630s, "to compete with," from Greek antagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival" (see antagonist). Meaning "to struggle against continuously" is recorded from 1742. Related: Antagonized; antagonizing.
- verb cause problem; oppose
- We do not know where we are nor who they are, but we must do nothing to antagonize them.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- Profits as a goal for the long run do not antagonize moral principles.
- Extract from : « Creating Capital » by Frederick L. Lipman
- What possessed the woman to antagonize everyone with whom she came in touch?
- Extract from : « Peggy Stewart at School » by Gabrielle E. Jackson
- Thoroughly angry, Hillard was not a happy man to antagonize.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- Such patriotism as this, we may say, does not antagonize internationalism.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- It might antagonize all his party, as he is one of the most influential of the local bosses.
- Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- It is death to those who antagonize it, and it is death to them that uphold it.
- Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
- And then, too, we can't afford to antagonize the Gehan Federation.
- Extract from : « The Unnecessary Man » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- You felt that you could not afford to antagonize Mr. Sawyer.
- Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
- First, how can temperance work "antagonize the interests of the Company?"
- Extract from : « The Story of a Dark Plot » by A. L. O. C.
Antonyms for antagonize
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