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antagonize

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an⋅tag⋅o⋅nize

  [an-tag-uh-nahyz] verb, -nized, -niz⋅ing.
Use antagonize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
2. to act in opposition to; oppose.
–verb (used without object)
3. Rare. to act antagonistically.
Also, especially British, an⋅tag⋅o⋅nise.

Origin:
1625–35; < Gk antagōnízesthai to contend against, dispute with. See ant-, agonize

Related forms:
an⋅tag⋅o⋅niz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
an⋅tag⋅o⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
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an·tag·o·nize   (ān-tāg'ə-nīz')   
tr.v.   an·tag·o·nized, an·tag·o·niz·ing, an·tag·o·niz·es

  1. To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior.

  2. To counteract.


[Greek antagōnizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agōnizesthai, to struggle (from agōn, contest; see agony).]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·tag·o·nize
Variant: also British an·tag·o·nise /an-'tag-&-"nIz/
Function: transitiveverb
Inflected Forms: -nized also British -nised; -niz·ing also British -nis·ing
: to act in antagonism to : COUNTERACT antagonized by atropine —Ernest Bueding & Harry Most>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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