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)

1. (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

• agitate
• antagonism
• antagonist
• antagonizing

 

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
• Italian: opporsi (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: whakatuma
• Persian: دشمنی کردن‎ (došmani kardan)
• 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

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Portuguese

Verb

antagonize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of antagonizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of antagonizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of antagonizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of antagonizar