🔄 Synonyms of "Antagonizing"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antagonistic | Contending or acting against. |
| alienating | Tending to alienate. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Antagonizing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions. |
| conciliatingverb | (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate. |
| conciliative | conciliatory |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Antagonizing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alienatingverb | Tending to alienate. |
| antagonistic | Contending or acting against. |
| buggingnoun | Electronic surveillance. |
| antagoniseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize. [(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).] |
| antagonismnoun | A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy. |
| antagonisedverb | Alternative form of antagonized. [(medicine, especially describing a muscle) Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.] |
| antagonismsnoun | A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy. |
| animositynoun | Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. |
| confrontational | Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face. |
| hostilitynoun | (uncountable) The state of being hostile. |
| angeringverb | (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. |
| aggravateverb | (by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse. |
| antipathynoun | (uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this. |
| oppositional | Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition. |
| provoking | annoying; irritating |
| antagonistic musclenoun | (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another |
| antagonistnoun | (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama. |
| antagonistsnoun | (authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama. |
| contentiousnessnoun | The state of being contentious. |
| antagonistically | In an antagonistic manner. |
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