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Definition of Antagonize
1. Verb. Provoke the hostility of. "The performance is likely to antagonize Sue"; "Don't antagonize your boss"
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
Derivative terms: Antagonism, Antagonism, Antagonism, Antagonism
2. Verb. Act in opposition to.
Definition of Antagonize
1. v. t. To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
2. v. i. To act in opposition.
Definition of Antagonize
1. Verb. (transitive) To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antagonize
1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antagonize
Literary usage of Antagonize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Desk-book of Errors in English, Including Notes on Colloquialisms and by Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"antagonize, veto, oppose, forbid: antagonize is distinguished from veto or oppose.
In the sense of " neutralize " or " deprive of active power " you may ..."
2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Disinclination to antagonize Henry. — Temporary triumph of FOJ Smith. — Order
gradually emerging. — Expenses of the law. — Triumph in Australia. ..."
3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Disinclination to antagonize Henry. — Temporary triumph of FOJ Smith. — Order
gradually emerging. — Expenses of the law. — Triumph in Australia. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1904)
"revolutionize the spirit of the place that has grown up through many generations,
emphasize rather than antagonize the picturesque natural surroundings of ..."
5. The Principles of Myodynamics by Jarvis Sherman Wight (1881)
"The displacing components of the antagonizing motors of the skull will also
antagonize each other; and, as the antagonizing groups have displacing ..."
6. The Wall Street Point of View by Henry Clews (1900)
"Conditions that antagonize good citizenship.—The character and influence of the
money hoarder and the absentee analyzed. — Decline in the rate of interest ..."
7. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"... is the most complete antagonist to morphine (see page 241), but has no value
in the treatment of morphine addiction except to antagonize ..."
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