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1 Antagonize -- rank: 1000

Antagonize definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ANTAG'ONIZE, v.i. To ... 0 (2005) v 1: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" [syn: antagonize, antagonise] 2: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-nized; -nizing) Etymology ... as ANTI-, agonizomai f. agon contest) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Antagonize An*tag"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized ... with; to oppose actively; to counteract. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Antagonize An*tag"o*nize, v. i. To act in ...

2 antagonise -- rank: 498

... 3.0 (2005) v 1: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] 2: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss" [syn: antagonize, antagonise] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see antagonize

3 work against -- rank: 339

... against definitions Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms Resist, oppose, antagonize, try to thwart. Moby Thesaurus antagonize, be antipathetic, be inimical, beat against, clash, collide, conflict, conflict ...

4 Counteract -- rank: 339

... 3.0 (2005) v 1: act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise, counteract] 2: oppose or check by a counteraction [syn ... 2. Neutralize, destroy the effect of, annul. Moby Thesaurus annul, antagonize, baffle, balance, balk, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be ...

5 Oppose -- rank: 339

... my single opinion to his. --Locke. 3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against ... Moby Thesaurus abjure, agree to differ, agree to disagree, analogize, antagonize, array, arrest, assert the contrary, assimilate, attack, balance, ban, bar ...

6 Combat -- rank: 339

... repelled. --Goldsmith. Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (or combatting, combated, or ... Kilkenny cats, action, aerial combat, affray, all-out war, altercation, antagonize, appeal to arms, argument, armed combat, armed conflict, armored combat ...

7 Reluct -- rank: 214

... reluct at the excesses of it [passion]. --Walton. Moby Thesaurus antagonize, arise, battle, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave ...

8 Provoke -- rank: 214

... provocateur, aggravate, agitate, alienate, amplify, anger, animate, annoy, answer back, antagonize, arouse, attract, augment, awaken, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset ...

9 opposing -- rank: 214

... my single opinion to his. --Locke. 3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against ...

10 Oppugn -- rank: 214

... combat, resist, oppose, thwart, contravene, withstand, strive against. Moby Thesaurus antagonize, battle, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be contrary to ...

11 Opposed -- rank: 214

... my single opinion to his. --Locke. 3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against ...

12 join battle -- rank: 214

... The battle over health care reform was joined" Moby Thesaurus antagonize, battle, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck ...

13 Interfere -- rank: 214

... 2. Clash, conflict, be opposed, come into collision. Moby Thesaurus antagonize, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, barge in, be antipathetic, be inimical ...

14 Infuriate -- rank: 214

... wild with anger. Moby Thesaurus aggravate, agitate, alienate, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, awake, awaken, blow the coals, blow up, bother, bug ...

15 heat up -- rank: 214

... Moby Thesaurus accelerate, agent provocateur, aggravate, agitate, alienate, amplify, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, beef up, blow the coals, blow up, build ...