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English

Etymology

antagonist + -ic

Pronunciation

IPA: /æn.tæ.gə.'nɪs.tɪk/

Adjective

Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

Translations

French:
Romanian:

io:antagonistic id:antagonistic pl:antagonistic ru:antagonistic fi:antagonistic ta:antagonistic te:antagonistic vi:antagonistic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Antagonistic \An*tag`o*nis"tic\, Antagonistical
\An*tag`o*nis"tic*al\, a.
Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against;
as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]

They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic.
--Milman.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet antagonistic
adj 1: indicating opposition or resistance [syn: counter]
2: characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves
antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions
within the party" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical]
3: arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonizing
brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites
States" [ant: conciliatory]
4: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or
neutralize each other's effect [syn: incompatible] [ant:
synergistic]
5: opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary
action [syn: counteractive] [ant: active]
6: incapable of harmonious association

Moby Dictionary
acrid , adversary , adversative , adverse , adversive , aggressive ,
alien , anti , antipathetic , antithetic , antonymous ,
at cross-purposes , at loggerheads , at odds , at variance , at war ,
averse , balancing , battling , bellicose , belligerent , bitter ,
bloodthirsty , bloody , bloody-minded , breakaway , caustic ,
chauvinist , chauvinistic , clashing , colliding , combative ,
compensating , competitive , con , conflicting , confronting ,
contentious , contradicting , contradictory , contradistinct ,
contrapositive , contrarious , contrary , contrasted , converse ,
counter , counteractant , counteracting , counteractive ,
counterbalancing , counterpoised , countervailing , counterworking ,
cranky , cross , crotchety , dead against , despiteful , detrimental ,
differing , difficult , disaccordant , disagreeable , disagreeing ,
discordant , discrepant , disharmonious , disinclined ,
disproportionate , dissentient , dissident , dissonant , divergent ,
enemy , eyeball to eyeball , ferocious , fierce , fighting , fractious ,
full of fight , full of hate , grating , hard , harmful , hateful ,
hawkish , hostile , immiscible , in opposition , inaccordant ,
incompatible , inconsistent , inconsonant , indisposed , inharmonious ,
inimical , inverse , jangling , jarring , jingo , jingoish , jingoist ,
jingoistic , malevolent , malicious , malignant , martial , militant ,
militaristic , military , miserable , negative , nonconformist ,
noncooperative , not easy , obstinate , obverse , offensive , opponent ,
opposed , opposing , opposite , oppositional , oppositive , oppugnant ,
out of accord , out of whack , overthwart , perverse , pugnacious ,
quarrelsome , rancorous , reactionary , reactive , recalcitrant ,
refractory , renitent , repugnant , resistant , reverse , revolutionary ,
rigorous , rival , saber-rattling , sanguinary , sanguineous , savage ,
scrappy , set against , sinister , soldierlike , soldierly , sore ,
spiteful , squared off , stressful , trigger-happy , troublesome ,
troublous , truculent , trying , uncongenial , uncooperative ,
unfavorable , unfriendly , unharmonious , unpacific , unpeaceable ,
unpeaceful , unpropitious , untoward , unwilling , variant , venomous ,
virulent , vitriolic , warlike , warmongering , warring , wretched