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Antagonistic

Antagonistic Meaning & Definition
Antagonistic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antagonistic?

[adj] incapable of harmonious association
[adj] used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
[adj] arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonizing brusqueness"; "a speech that was antagonizing to many voters"
[adj] characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"
[adj] indicating opposition or resistance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antagonistic: alienating | antagonising | antagonizing | antipathetic | antipathetical | counter | hostile | incompatible | negative

Related Terms | Find terms related to Antagonistic: acrid | adversary | adversative | adverse | adversive | aggressive | alien | anti | antipathetic | antithetic | antonymous | at cross-purposes | at loggerheads | at odds | at variance | at war | averse | balancing | battling | bellicose | belligerent | bitter | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | breakaway | caustic | chauvinist | chauvinistic | clashing | colliding | combative | compensating | competitive | con | conflicting | confronting | contentious | contradicting | contradictory | contradistinct | contrapositive | contrarious | contrary | contrasted | converse | counter | counteractant | counteracting | counteractive | counterbalancing | counterpoised | countervailing | counterworking | cranky | cross | crotchety | dead against | despiteful | detrimental | differing | difficult | disaccordant | disagreeable | disagreeing | discordant | discrepant | disharmonious | disinclined | disproportionate | dissentient | dissident | dissonant | divergent | enemy | eyeball to eyeball | ferocious | fierce | fighting | fractious | full of fight | full of hate | grating | hard | harmful | hateful | hawkish | hostile | immiscible | in opposition | inaccordant | incompatible | inconsistent | inconsonant | indisposed | inharmonious | inimical | inverse | jangling | jarring | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | malevolent | malicious | malignant | martial | militant | militaristic | military | miserable | negative | nonconformist | noncooperative | not easy | obstinate | obverse | offensive | opponent | opposed | opposing | opposite | oppositional | oppositive | oppugnant | out of accord | out of whack | overthwart | perverse | pugnacious | quarrelsome | rancorous | reactionary | reactive | recalcitrant | refractory | renitent | repugnant | resistant | reverse | revolutionary | rigorous | rival | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | set against | sinister | soldierlike | soldierly | sore | spiteful | squared off | stressful | trigger-happy | troublesome | troublous | truculent | trying | uncongenial | uncooperative | unfavorable | unfriendly | unharmonious | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | unpropitious | untoward | unwilling | variant | venomous | virulent | vitriolic | warlike | warmongering | warring | wretched

See Also |

Antagonistic In Webster's Dictionary

\An*tag`o*nis"tic\, Antagonistical

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