| 单词 | antagonize |
| 释义 | antagonize (once / 6727 pages) v To antagonize is to provoke someone to react angrily. If your mother tells you to stop antagonizing your brother, she's asking you to stop making him mad. Antagonize shares the same Greek roots with the word agony, so think about how much agony you cause your siblings when you tease and goad them into getting angry. Bugs Bunny is known to antagonize Elmer Fudd, who hunts but never does catch that wabbit. Actually Bugs antagonizes every cartoon character he comes into contact with! In English class, you'll often be asked to name the antagonist of a story or novel, the character who provokes the main character to act. WORD FAMILYantagonize: antagonized, antagonizes, antagonizing+/antagonise: antagonised, antagonises, antagonising/antagonism: antagonise, antagonisms, antagonist, antagonistic, antagonize/antagonist: antagonists/antagonistic: antagonistically USAGE EXAMPLES“If he improves on his math classes, I’ll cut it. Otherwise, I may antagonize him another month or two.” Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) In Mr. Lei’s case, they said, the findings appeared tailored to avoid antagonizing the police, the party’s front-line enforcers of social stability. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) This did not sit well with the Tennants, who began to suffer the consequences of antagonizing Parkersburg’s main employer. New York Times(Jan 06, 2016) 1v provoke the hostility of Don't antagonize your boss Syn|Hyper antagonise annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 2v act in opposition to Syn|Hyper antagonise, counteract act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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