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antagonist in Arabic

خَصْم ḵaṣm

UK/ænˈtæɡənɪst//ænˈtæɡənɪst/

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antagonist in Arabic: خَصْم (ḵaṣm), عَدُوّ (ʕaduww), غَرِيم (ḡarīm), شِرِّير (širrīr). In English, antagonist means an opponent or enemy.

Arabic words for antagonist

opponent
خَصْم ḵaṣm, عَدُوّ ʕaduww
main character or force opposing the protagonist
غَرِيم ḡarīm, خَصْم ḵaṣm, شِرِّير širrīr

English meaning of antagonist

  1. noun An opponent or enemy.
  2. noun One who antagonizes or stirs.
  3. noun A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of other agonist chemicals, such as endogenous chemical messengers.
  4. noun The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.

Full definition of antagonist

antagonist in a sentence

  • A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

Synonyms of antagonist

antagonist in other languages

Questions about antagonist in Arabic

What is the meaning of antagonist in Arabic?
Antagonist in Arabic is خَصْم (ḵaṣm), عَدُوّ (ʕaduww), غَرِيم (ḡarīm), شِرِّير (širrīr).
ما معنى كلمة antagonist؟
Antagonist: خَصْم (ḵaṣm), عَدُوّ (ʕaduww), غَرِيم (ḡarīm), شِرِّير (širrīr).
What does antagonist mean in English?
Antagonist means an opponent or enemy.

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