Associations to the word «Antagonize»

Wiktionary

ANTAGONIZE, verb. (transitive) To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.

Dictionary definition

ANTAGONIZE, verb. Provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss".
ANTAGONIZE, verb. Act in opposition to.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne