| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| antagonize |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·tag·o·nize |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-tg  -n z |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: an·tag·o·nized, an·tag·o·niz·ing, an·tag·o·niz·es
1. To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior. 2. To counteract. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek antag nizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agnizesthai, to struggle (from agn, contest; see agony).
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