Meaning of ANTAGONISTIC
| Pronunciation: | | an`tagu'nistik
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- [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
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ANTAGONISTIC is a 12 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | alienating, antagonising, antagonizing, antipathetic, antipathetical, counter, hostile, incompatible, negative |
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| | Antonyms: | | conciliating, conciliative, conciliatory, interactive, synergistic | | | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An*tag`o*nis"tic\, Antagonistical
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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