antagonize (redirected from antagonizes)

an·tag·o·nize  (n-tg-nz)

tr.v. an·tag·o·nized, an·tag·o·niz·ing, an·tag·o·niz·es

1. To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior.

2. To counteract.

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[Greek antagnizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agnizesthai, to struggle (from agn, contest; see agony).]

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antagonize, antagonise [ænˈtægəˌnaɪz]

vb (tr)

1. to make hostile; annoy or irritate

2. to act in opposition to or counteract

[from Greek antagōnizesthai, from anti- + agōnizesthai to strive, from agōn contest]

antagonizable , antagonisable adj

antagonization , antagonisation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	antagonize - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" antagonise annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
	2.	antagonize - act in opposition to antagonise, counteract act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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antagonize

verb annoy, anger, insult, offend, irritate, alienate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), gall, repel, estrange, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo slang), rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal), disaffect, get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (Brit. slang) He didn't want to antagonize her.
calm, win over, soothe, disarm, appease, placate, pacify, mollify, conciliate, propitiate

Translations

antagonize [ænˈtægənaɪz] VT I don't want to antagonize him → no quiero contrariarle
he managed to antagonize everybody → logró ponerse a malas con todos, logró suscitar el antagonismo de todos

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antagonize [ænˈtægənaɪz] antagonise (British) vt → contrarier
He didn't want to antagonize her → Il ne voulait pas la contrarier.

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antagonize

vt person → gegen sich aufbringen or stimmen; (= annoy) → verärgern

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antagonize [ænˈtægəˌnaɪz] vt → provocare l'ostilità di, inimicarsi
I don't want to antagonize her → non voglio inimicarmela

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antagonize → يُعادي znepřátelit (si) støde fra sig verärgern (jemanden) ανταγωνίζομαι contrariar suututtaa antagoniser izazvati neprijateljstvo inimicarsi 敵にまわす 적개심을 일으키다 tegen zich in het harnas jagen motarbeide sprzeciwić się antagonizar порождать антагонизм stöta bort ทำให้กลายเป็นศัตรู düşmanlığını kazanmak gây thù địch 敌对