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Meanings of antagonise in English

Portuguese
antagonizar
Catalan
sembrar la zitzània
Spanish
contrariar

Act in opposition to.

antagonizar
Usage of antagonise in English
1
It would throw EU enlargement into crisis and antagonise the candidate states.
The Irish Times
2
Unwilling to antagonise anyone so early in the school year, he seeks compromise.
The Irish Times
3
To modify the ban would antagonise them, depending on the modification.
The Irish Times
4
He did not want to antagonise the fellow, nor encourage him.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
5
He will not antagonise his marker just by looking at him.
The Guardian
6
It was a fizzer which only managed to antagonise some Liberals.
News.com.au
7
It is hard to imagine anyone designed to antagonise Jean-Marie Le Pen more.
The Guardian
8
Yet companies are also reluctant to antagonise customers and employees who support civil disobedience.
Reuters
9
GB News is likely to set out to antagonise the UK's existing public broadcaster.
The Guardian
10
For all the blunt backroom talk, the ASEAN group is reluctant to antagonise China.
Reuters
11
No recent American skipper has tried so hard to antagonise reporters more than him.
The Guardian
12
The Rabbis hated this spirituality and the mystics were anxious not to antagonise them.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
13
Troops from one side would try to antagonise the other, which often led to violence.
BBC
14
The Government has done everything within its power to antagonise the ASTI and its members.
The Irish Times
15
But despite the backroom talk, ASEAN as a group has been reluctant to antagonise China.
Reuters
16
Schmidt told a U.S. Senate hearing in September it would not seek to antagonise regulators.
Reuters
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