ANTAGONISE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does antagonise mean? 

• ANTAGONISE (verb)
  The verb ANTAGONISE has 2 senses:

1. act in opposition to
2. provoke the hostility of

  Familiarity information: ANTAGONISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTAGONISE (verb)

Meaning:

Act in opposition to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

antagonise; counteract; antagonize

Hypernyms (to "antagonise" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Provoke the hostility of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

antagonize; antagonise

Context example:

Don't antagonize your boss

Hypernyms (to "antagonise" is one way to...):

annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to antagonise Sue