antagonizing 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of antagonizingnext
as in provoking

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antagonizing

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verb

present participle of antagonize
as in angering
to implant bitter feelings in everything he said just antagonized the other side even more

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antagonizing
  1. provoking
  2. angering
  3. aggravating
  4. inflammatory
  5. annoying
  6. exasperating
  7. irritating
  8. frustrating
Adjective
  • Her work is technically amazing, thought provoking and has tons of heart.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • His creative licensing with my performance, always thought provoking and precise with his 'on point' direction for my performance as Regan.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2023
Definition of provoking
Verb
  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Google Chrome has started to remove ad blockers that don’t support its new Manifest V3 initiative, angering some users of the privacy preserving technology.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Adjective
  • Prosecutors have said in court filings that four aggravating factors exist in the case against Kohberger, who turns 30 later this month, making the crime more severe and the death penalty warranted.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One aggravating factor for the debt and deficit picture has been high interest rates from the Federal Reserve’s series of hikes to fight inflation.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of aggravating
Adjective
  • Inflammation: Chronic inflammatory conditions can affect how your body uses or stores iron, leading to low circulating ferritin levels.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
  • While these are currently used to treat inflammatory disorders, one was evaluated as a treatment for atherosclerosis – and may have incidentally provided evidence to back up its use in reducing heart scarring.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of inflammatory
Adjective
  • This is expected on hybrids, battery-electric vehicles and plug-ins as the brakes first must work through the regenerative motion, but this can become annoying with a traditional setup.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • All those annoying texts and calls should stop after today.
    Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of annoying
Adjective
  • Doing so at this time can be exasperating for human software engineers.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The entire mindset of the complaint is exasperating to UCLA education professor Tyrone Howard.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of exasperating
Adjective
  • And in one of its most irritating adaptation choices this season, TROP places Tom Bombadil under its light-or-shadow umbrella, too, reshaping J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved and enigmatic woodman character into little more than a Yoda knockoff sagely leading Gandalf in song and toward an obvious destiny.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Contact dermatitis is characterized by inflammatory skin symptoms that appear after touching an irritating substance or an allergen.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of irritating
Adjective
  • Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Kody quickly came to Robyn’s defense, further frustrating Janelle.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of frustrating
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