English to French Meaning of antagonize - contrarier

Antagonize :
contrarier

être hostile à, s'opposer, contrarier, résister, s'efforcer, visage, rencontre

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Definitions of antagonize in English
Verb(1) provoke the hostility of(2) act in opposition to
Examples of antagonize in English
(1) He liked his neighbour and didn't want to antagonize him.(2) Why go out of the way to offend and antagonize religious people?(3) The biggest drawback to this plan is that it will antagonize opponents of outsourcing.(4) The other two cats aren't openly hostile to her, but they seem to want to antagonize her.(5) I fully admit I have gone out of my way on more than one occasion to needle and to antagonize him.(6) the aim was to antagonize visiting supporters(7) For those people who already have substantial hearing loss, researchers are also optimizing compounds that antagonize specific cell cycle proteins resulting in new cell division or proliferation.(8) She antagonised her civil servants, infuriated her leaders, insulted colleagues.(9) He tried antagonising me and being patronising and condescending but he didn't intimidate me.(10) Another approach is using drugs to antagonise the peripheral effects of opioids so that bowel dysfunction is reversed, speeding discharge from hospital.(11) They also found that ADHD children responded variably to different B vitamins, with pyridoxine and thiamine antagonizing each other's benefits.(12) No matter how hard he tries, you can't help but feel that he secretly enjoys antagonising his readers.(13) After all, it's a tiny place that earns a substantial part of its living by hosting the enormous EU bureaucracy so it's not the kind of country that stands to benefit from antagonising anybody.(14) He was less aggressive today but we played against a team that also wanted just to play football and not antagonise him.(15) I absolve him - though I would not do the same for all his cabinet colleagues - of a desire not to antagonise the voters to whom the Conservative advertisement was meant to appeal.(16) But he quickly antagonises local people who want the land to be owned and used for the community's benefit.
Related Phrases of antagonize
(1) antagonize ::
contrarier
Synonyms
Verb
1. arouse hostility in ::
éveiller l'hostilité à
2. alienate ::
aliéner
3. anger ::
colère
4. annoy ::
ennuyer
5. provoke ::
provoquer
6. vex ::
vexer
7. irritate ::
irriter
8. rub the wrong way ::
frotter dans le mauvais sens
9. aggravate ::
aggraver
10. rile ::
agacer
11. needle ::
aiguille
12. rattle someone's cage ::
hochet la cage de quelqu'un
13. get someone's back up ::
obtenir le dos de quelqu'un
Different Forms
antagonize, antagonized, antagonizes, antagonizing
Word Example from TV Shows
We have to be careful not to antagonize him.

We have to be careful not to ANTAGONIZE him.

Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 4

Oh, please, you're just saying this to antagonize me.

Oh, please, you're just saying this to ANTAGONIZE me.

The Big Bang Theory Season 10, Episode 1

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