Definitions for antagonize

antagonize an·tag·o·nize

Spelling: [an-tag-uh-nahyz]
IPA: /ænˈtæg əˌnaɪz/

Antagonize is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 366 anagrams from letters in antagonize (aaeginnotz).

Definitions for antagonize

verb (used with object)

  1. to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of:
  2. to act in opposition to; oppose.

verb (used without object)

  1. Rare. to act antagonistically.

Origin of antagonize

First recorded in 1625-35, antagonize is from the Greek word antagōnízesthai to contend against, dispute with. See ant-, agonize

Examples for antagonize

Close attachment to autocratic regimes by the West pays short-term dividends but will antagonize generations of Muslims.

For all his flinty wit and occasional impulse to antagonize, Ed Koch was, in the end, almost impossible to dislike.

We do not know where we are nor who they are, but we must do nothing to antagonize them.

Thoroughly angry, Hillard was not a happy man to antagonize.

So far in the States, he has eschewed the roaring, pumping, and scolding so as not to antagonize his new teammates and opponents.

Diplomatically, though, the big news is that Obama and Netanyahu will not antagonize each other.

What possessed the woman to antagonize everyone with whom she came in touch?

Profits as a goal for the long run do not antagonize moral principles.

Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.

Such patriotism as this, we may say, does not antagonize internationalism.

Word Value for antagonize
Scrable

20

Words with friends

23

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