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- DictionaryAn·tag·o·nis·tic/ˌanˌtaɡəˈnistik/
adjective
- 1. showing or feeling active opposition or hostility toward someone or something: "he was antagonistic to the government's reforms"
Add to word list. actively opposing or showing unfriendliness toward something or someone: He's extremely antagonistic toward all critics. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not liking or being pleasant towards others.
Check pronunciation: antagonistic. Definition of antagonistic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of antagonistic. adjective. characterized by antagonism or antipathy. “slaves antagonistic to their masters”. synonyms: adversarial, antipathetic, antipathetical. hostile. characterized by enmity or ill will. adjective. incapable of harmonious association.
1. One who opposes and contends against another; an adversary. 2. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama. 3. Physiology A muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle, the agonist. 4.
Synonyms of antagonist. 1. : one that contends with or opposes another : adversary, opponent. political antagonists. 2. : an agent of physiological antagonism: such as. a. : a muscle that contracts with and limits the action of an agonist with which it is paired. called also antagonistic muscle.
3 days ago · If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them. Nearly all the women I interviewed were aggressively antagonistic to the idea. [ + to/towards] Synonyms: hostile, opposed, resistant, at odds More Synonyms of antagonistic. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
5 days ago · adjective. If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike toward them. Nearly all the women I interviewed were aggressively antagonistic to the idea. Synonyms: hostile, opposed, resistant, at odds More Synonyms of antagonistic. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
