antagonize

English

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antagonise (non-Oxford British English)

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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)
Synonyms: harass, oppose, pester

Antonyms: appease, quell

The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.

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Translations

to oppose

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: etsaitu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對抗／对抗 (zh) (duìkàng)
Dutch: tegenwerken (nl), antagoneren
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vihastuttaa (fi), suututtaa (fi)
French: contrarier (fr), antagoniser (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)
Polish: antagonizować impf, zantagonizować pf
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

inflection of antagonizar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

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