"antagonistic" meaning in English

See antagonistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /æn.tæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antagonistic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more antagonistic [comparative], most antagonistic [superlative]
Etymology: From antagonist + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|antagonist|ic}} antagonist + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} antagonistic (comparative more antagonistic, superlative most antagonistic)
  1. Contending or acting against. Synonyms: combative Translations (contending): antagonista (Catalan), 對抗性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 对抗性的 (duìkàngxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), antagonista (Esperanto), antagonique (French), antagonistisch (German), ανταγωνιστικός (antagonistikós) [masculine] (Greek), antagonisztikus (Hungarian), ellenséges (Hungarian), szemben álló (Hungarian), антагонистік (antagonistık) (Kazakh), infestus (Latin), nihoniho (Maori), ngākaukino (Maori), antagonistyczny (Polish), antagonista (Portuguese), antagónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), antagônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), antagonístico (Portuguese), antagonic (Romanian), antagonist (Romanian), antagonista (Spanish), hostil (Spanish), antagónico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-antagonistic-en-adj-V5ive1X0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'contending': 94 6
  2. (biochemistry) Relating to an antagonist. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (biochemistry: relating to an antagonist): antagonista (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-antagonistic-en-adj-ZcsAXir7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 53 47 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'biochemistry: relating to an antagonist': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antagonistically, heteroantagonistic, homoantagonistic, isoantagonistic, nonantagonistic, transantagonistic, unantagonistic

Alternative forms

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