antagonistic
/ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/US/ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/
antagonistic adjective: contending or acting against.
Adjective
antagonistic (comparative more antagonistic, superlative most antagonistic)
- Contending or acting against.
- They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
- Though the tephrosia is a powerful agent, and, if carried too far beyond the antagonistic action of the poison, is, I presume, not entirely without danger, I have never known any bad symptoms to arise from its use.1866, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health
- Synonyms:
- hostile, adverse, aggressive, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, martial, militaristic, philopolemic
- Relating to an antagonist.
antagonistic meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
antagonistic in Tamil
- எதிரான, பகையான, மாறான, எதிர்ப்பான
antagonistic in Urdu
- مُخالِفانَہ, دشمنانہ, مَعائدانہ, حَریفانہ, مُخاصِمانَہ
antagonistic in Malayalam
- hostile, opposed, against
- എതിരുള്ള, വിരോധമുള്ള, വിദ്വിഷ്ട, ശത്രുതയുള്ള, പകയുള്ള, വൈരമുള്ള
- hostile, aggressive, belligerent
- ശത്രുതാപരമായ, ആക്രമണശീലമുള്ള, കേറി കലഹമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അക്രമോത്സുകമായ, യുദ്ധനിരതമായ, യുദ്ധോത്സുകമായ
Examples of antagonistic in a sentence
- And deputies from opposing parties, inherently more antagonistic than deputies from the same party, can be bought at a lower price.2002, Barry Ames, The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil, page 171:
- The tone of congressional hearings involving tech industry executives in recent years can best be described as antagonistic.2023 May 16, Cecilia Kang, “OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of antagonistic
- hostile
- adverse
- aggressive
- assaultive
- bellicose
- belligerent
- combative
- martial
- militaristic
- philopolemic
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Forms of antagonistic
| comparative | more antagonistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antagonistic |
Origin of antagonistic
From antagonist + -ic.
Words formed from antagonistic
Questions about antagonistic
- What does antagonistic mean?
- Antagonistic means contending or acting against.
- What is antagonistic in Tamil?
- Antagonistic in Tamil is எதிரான, பகையான, மாறான. See Antagonistic meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use antagonistic in a sentence?
- And deputies from opposing parties, inherently more antagonistic than deputies from the same party, can be bought at a lower price.
- What part of speech is antagonistic?
- Antagonistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce antagonistic?
- Antagonistic is pronounced /ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near antagonistic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: antagonistic (page history and authors); antagonistic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonistic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonistic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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