antagonize
verb🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪz/
🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪz/
(British English also antagonise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they antagonize | 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪz/ |
| he / she / it antagonizes | 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple antagonized | 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzd/ 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzd/ |
| past participle antagonized | 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzd/ 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzd/ |
| -ing form antagonizing | 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ænˈtæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ |
- antagonize somebody
to do something to make somebody angry with you 使对立；使生气 Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘struggle against’): from Greek antagōnizesthai, from ant- ‘against’ + agōnizesthai ‘struggle’ (from agōn ‘contest’).