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antagonize

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Verb (transitive)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb antagonize has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

antagonizev. t. [Gr. . See Antagonism.].
     To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.  [1913 Webster]
antagonizev. i. 
     To act in opposition.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antagonize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 evoke hostility or opposition or enmity in.
2 (of one force etc.) counteract or tend to neutralize (another).

Derivative
antagonization n.
Etymology
Gk antagonizomai (as ANTI-, agonizomai f. agon contest)

THESAURUS

antagonize

aggravate, alienate, battle, be antipathetic, be inimical, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, clash, close with, collide, combat, compete with, conflict, conflict with, confute, contend against, contest, contradict, contrapose, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, embitter, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, fight, fight against, go against, go counter to, grapple with, heat up, infuriate, interfere with, join battle with, labor against, lock horns, madden, meet head-on, militate against, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, provoke, reluct, reluctate, resist, rival, run against, run counter to, set against, set at odds, stem the tide, strive against, struggle against, swim upstream, take on, vie with, work against

ROGET THESAURUS

antagonize

Contrariety

VB be contrary, contrast with, oppose, diller toto coelo, invert, reverse, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out, contradict, contravene, antagonize.

Opposition

VB oppose, counteract, run counter to, withstand, control, hinder, antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of, set against, pit against, face, confront, cope with, make a stand, make a dead set against, set oneself against, set one's face against, protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against, disfavor, turn one's back upon, set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes, counterwork, countermine, thwart, overthwart, work against, undermine, stem, breast, encounter, stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood, buffet the waves, beat up against, make head against, grapple with, kick against the pricks, contend, do battle with, do battle against, contradict, contravene, belie, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, come in conflict with, emulate, rival, spoil one's trade.

Counteraction

VB counteract, run counter, clash, cross, interfere with, conflict with, contravene, jostle, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, stultify, antagonize, block, oppose, traverse, withstand, hinder, repress, react, undo, neutralize, counterpoise, overpoise.

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