antagonize
verb(British English also antagonise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they antagonize | |
he / she / it antagonizes | |
past simple antagonized | |
past participle antagonized | |
-ing form antagonizing |
- antagonize somebody
to do something to make somebody angry with you Topics Feelingsc2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’).