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   An·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" Similar hostileopposedinimicalantipatheticunsympatheticill-disposedresistantaverseagainst(dead) set againstat odds withat variance within disagreement withdissenting frominformal:antiaginhostileaggressivebelligerentbellicosepugnaciouscombativecontentioustruculentconfrontationalquarrelsomeargumentativerare:oppugnantinformal:badassOpposite prosympathetic
   • ▪ relating to an antagonist or its action.

   Derivatives

   • 1. antagonistically adverb

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