antagonize

English

Alternative forms

antagonise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

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

(transitive) to work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)
The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.

Synonyms: harass, oppose, pester

Antonyms: appease, quell

Related terms

Translations

to oppose

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: etsaitu
Dutch: tegenwerken (nl), antagoneren
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vihastuttaa (fi), suututtaa (fi)
French: contrarier (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: antagonisieren, entgegenwirken (de), bekämpfen (de), zu seinem Gegner machen
Indonesian: menentang (id)

Irish: olc a chur ar, cuir as do
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Maori: whakatuma
Portuguese: antagonizar
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: antagonizar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Portuguese

Verb

antagonize

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of antagonizar

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of antagonizar

third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of antagonizar

third-person singular (você) negative imperative of antagonizar

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