"antagonize" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-antagonize.wav [US] Forms: antagonizes [present, singular, third-person], antagonizing [participle, present], antagonized [participle, past], antagonized [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζεσθαι (agōnízesthai). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|grc|ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai), {{bor+|en|grc|ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai), {{af|grc|ἀντι-|ἀγωνίζεσθαι|nocat=1}} ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζεσθαι (agōnízesthai) Head templates: {{en-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 a reaction). Tags: transitive Synonyms: harass, oppose, pester, antagonise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: antagonizable, antagonization, antagonizer Related terms: agitate, agonize, antagonism, antagonist, antagonizing, unantagonizing Translations (to oppose): etsaitu (Basque), 對抗 (Chinese Mandarin), 对抗 (duìkàng) (Chinese Mandarin), tegenwerken (Dutch), antagoneren (Dutch), vihastuttaa (Finnish), suututtaa (Finnish), contrarier (French), antagoniser (French), antagonisieren (German), entgegenwirken (German), bekämpfen (German), zu seinem Gegner machen (German), menentang (Indonesian), olc a chur ar (Irish), cuir as do (Irish), opporsi (Italian), whakatuma (Maori), دشمنی کردن (došmani kardan) (Persian), antagonizować [imperfective] (Polish), zantagonizować [perfective] (Polish), antagonizar (Portuguese), antagonizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-antagonize-en-verb-lXyVVVoC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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