'antagonize' definitions:
Definition of 'antagonize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" [syn: antagonize, antagonise]
verb
Act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract]
Synonyms of 'antagonize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravate,
- alienate,
- battle,
- be antipathetic,
- be inimical,
- beat against,
- beat up against,
- breast the wave,
- buck,
- buffet,
- buffet the waves,
- clash,
- close with,
- collide,
- combat,
- compete with,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- confute,
- contend against,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterattack,
- counterpose,
- countervail,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- embitter,
- envenom,
- estrange,
- exacerbate,
- fight,
- fight against,
- go against,
- go counter to,
- grapple with,
- heat up,
- infuriate,
- interfere with,
- join battle with,
- labor against,
- lock horns,
- madden,
- meet head-on,
- militate against,
- offer resistance,
- oppose,
- oppugn,
- provoke,
- reluct,
- reluctate,
- resist,
- rival,
- run against,
- run counter to,
- set against,
- set at odds,
- stem the tide,
- strive against,
- struggle against,
- swim upstream,
- take on,
- vie with,
- work against