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an·tag·o·nist

(ăn-tăg′ə-nĭst)

1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary.

2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.

3. Physiology A muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle, the agonist.

4. A drug or chemical substance that interferes with the physiological action of another, especially by combining with and blocking its receptor.

an·tag′o·nis′tic adj.

an·tag′o·nis′ti·cal·ly adv.

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antagonistic

(ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk)

adj

1. in active opposition

2. mutually opposed

anˌtagoˈnistically adv

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an•tag•o•nis•tic

(ænˌtæg əˈnɪs tɪk)

adj.

1. acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually.

2. ready to be hostile; unfriendly.

[1625–35]

an•tag`o•nis′ti•cal•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	antagonistic - indicating opposition or resistance counter negative - characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
	2.	antagonistic - characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party" antipathetic, antipathetical hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
	3.	antagonistic - arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States" conciliative, conciliatory - intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit"
	4.	antagonistic - used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect incompatible interactive, synergistic - used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)
	5.	antagonistic - incapable of harmonious association incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

antagonistic

adjective hostile, opposed, resistant, at odds, incompatible, set against, averse, unfriendly, at variance, inimical, antipathetic, ill-disposed Nearly all the women were antagonistic to the idea.

Usage: A useful synonym for antagonistic, for example in public opinion is antagonistic to nuclear energy, is averse. However, this alternative should be used with care as a very common error is to confuse it with adverse. Averse is usually followed by to and is meant to convey a strong dislike or hostility towards something, normally expressed by a person or people. Adverse is wrong in this context and should be used in relation to conditions or results: adverse road conditions.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

antagonistic

adjective

Acting against or in opposition:

adversarial, adverse, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional.

Translations

مُخاصِم، مُعادِ، مُعارِض

antagonistickýnepřátelský

fjendtlig

widerstreitend

antagonique antagoniste

fjandsamlegur

antagonistisk fiendtlig

antagonic

антагонистический

protichodný

düşman

对抗性的对抗的

antagonistic

[ænˌtægəˈnɪstɪk] ADJ

1. (= hostile) [person, attitude] → hostil, antagonista

2. (= opposed) [ideas, views] → antagónico, opuesto
I am not in the least antagonistic to the idea → yo no me opongo en lo más mínimo a la idea

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antagonistic

[ænˌtægəˈnɪstɪk] adj [attitude, feelings] → hostile; [relationship] → antagoniste; [person] → hostile
to be antagonistic towards sb/sth → être hostile à qn/qch

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antagonistic

adj reaction, attitude → feindselig; force → gegnerisch, feindlich; interests → widerstreitend, antagonistisch; to be antagonistic to or toward(s) somebody/something → jdm/gegen etw feindselig gesinnt sein

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antagonistic

[ænˌtægəˈnɪstɪk] adj → antagonistico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

antagonist

(ӕnˈtӕgənist) noun

an opponent or enemy.

anˈtagonism noun

unfriendliness, hostility.

anˌtagoˈnistic adjective

anˌtagoˈnistically adverb

anˈtagonize, anˈtagonise verb

to make an enemy of (someone). You are antagonizing her by your rudeness.

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Nature's Law prescribes two antagonistic decrees affecting Circular propagation; first, that as the race climbs higher in the scale of development, so development shall proceed at an accelerated pace; second, that in the same proportion, the race shall become less fertile.

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Following upon Capitalism, it was held, even by such intellectual and antagonistic giants as Herbert Spencer, that Socialism would come.

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There should be no secret corner of illiberality; nothing can more antagonistic than meanness to a soul which is ever longing after the whole of things both divine and human.

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The street, the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic.

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The strange, upheaving, lifting tendency of the taffrail breeze filling the hollows of so many sails, made the buoyant, hovering deck to feel like air beneath the feet; while still she rushed along, as if two antagonistic influences were struggling in her --one to mount direct to heaven, the other to drive yawingly to some horizontal goal.

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In his words, his tone, and especially in that calm, almost antagonistic look could be felt an estrangement from everything belonging to this world, terrible in one who is alive.

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He had hitherto taken up a cold and even antagonistic attitude to this new doctrine, and with Countess Lidia Ivanovna, who had been carried away by it, he had never argued, but by silence had assiduously parried her attempts to provoke him into argument.

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On the instant he was antagonistic. Forgetting that he was only a brute, he posited that this was no more than a brute with which he strove to play in the genial comradely way that the Skipper played.

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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.

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The nature of the man, unpliably antagonistic to the world and the world's customs, might justify some such interpretation of his conduct as this.

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As soon as the boche and his guard were aboard again, I called all hands on deck, including von Schoenvorts, and there I explained to them that the time had come for us to enter into some sort of an agreement among ourselves that would relieve us of the annoyance and embarrassment of being divided into two antagonistic parts--prisoners and captors.

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At first with the aristocracy; later on, with those portions of the bourgeoisie itself, whose interests have become antagonistic to the progress of industry; at all times, with the bourgeoisie of foreign countries.