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antagonize

UK/ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz//ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/

antagonize verb: to work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).

Verb

antagonize (third-person singular simple present antagonizes, present participle antagonizing, simple past and past participle antagonized)

  1. (transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
    • The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.
    Antonyms:
    appease, quell

antagonize meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian

antagonize in Tamil

எதிரியாக்கு, எதிர்ப்பைத் தூண்டு, பகையூட்டு

antagonize in Urdu

مُخالِفَت کَرنا, مَخاصِمَت کَرنا, لَڑانا, لَڑوانا, مُقابِل کھَڑا کَرنا, دشمن بنانا

antagonize in Malayalam

arouse hostility in, alienate, annoy
ശത്രുവാക്കിത്തീർക്കുക, വിരോധം ജനിപ്പിക്കുക, ശത്രുതയുണ്ടാക്കുക, വെറുപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുക, അകൽച്ച വരുത്തുക, അന്യവൽക്കരിക്കുക

antagonize in Indonesian

to oppose
menentang
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antagonize in Persian
دشمنی کردن došmani kardan

Synonyms of antagonize

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Antonyms

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Forms of antagonize

third-person singular presentantagonizes
present participleantagonizing
past participleantagonized
pastantagonized
alternative formantagonise

Past tense of antagonize: antagonized

Origin of antagonize

From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai). By surface analysis, ant- + agon + -ize.

Words formed from antagonize

Words that rhyme with antagonize

Questions about antagonize

What does antagonize mean?
Antagonize means to work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
What is antagonize in Tamil?
Antagonize in Tamil is எதிரியாக்கு, எதிர்ப்பைத் தூண்டு, பகையூட்டு. See Antagonize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antagonize?
Antagonize is a verb.
How do you pronounce antagonize?
Antagonize is pronounced /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of antagonize?
The past tense of antagonize is antagonized.

Words near antagonize in the dictionary

  1. antagonistick
  2. antagonists
  3. antagonizable
  4. antagonization
  5. antagonizations
  6. antagonize
  7. antagonized
  8. antagonizer
  9. antagonizers
  10. antagonizes
  11. antagonizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antagonize (page history and authors); antagonize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonize (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antagonize (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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