antagonise

Verb

Meaning

act in opposition to

provoke the hostility of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

counteract antagonize distance divorce divide alien anger upset oppose disagree clash undermine contend collide offend
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Antonyms

bond assist connect reunite socialize mingle
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Hypernyms

vex move act rag nettle devil

Examples

I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them. Peter Greenaway

To win a woman in the first place you must please her, then undress her, and then somehow get her clothes back on her, finally, so that she will let you leave her, you've got to antagonise her. Jean Giraudoux

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately. Alex Ferguson

Don't antagonize your boss Source: Internet

And then I ran out of my usual cleanser, tried something that made my skin flare up, and needed something else that wouldn’t antagonise things further. Source: Internet

"At least the Trump hearse is appropriate given the 200K+ Americans who have died due to his incompetence," he added, referencing a vehicledriven by Mr Trump's supporters to antagonise the bus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antagomir antagonisable antagonisation antagonised antagoniser antagonism