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Synonyms for antagonistic
ænˌtæg əˈnɪs tɪkan·tag·o·nis·tic
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
antagonistic
Synonyms:
adverse, alienated, bellicose, belligerent, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlikeAntonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
antagonistic, counteradjective
indicating opposition or resistance
Synonyms:
counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipatheticalAntonyms:
conciliatory, placating, placative, propitiatory, conciliative, interactive, appeasing(a), compatible, neutral, placatory, positive, soft, synergistic, amicable, propitiative, pacificantagonistic, antipathetic, antipatheticaladjective
characterized by antagonism or antipathy
"slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"
Synonyms:
loth(p), incompatible, indisposed(p), loath(p), averse(p), antipathetic, antipathetical, counterAntonyms:
placatory, interactive, conciliatory, placating, propitiatory, appeasing(a), conciliative, neutral, synergistic, propitiative, placative, soft, compatible, pacific, positive, amicableantagonisticadjective
arousing animosity or hostility
"his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States"
Synonyms:
counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipatheticalAntonyms:
conciliative, soft, conciliatory, amicable, placatory, appeasing(a), positive, pacific, interactive, synergistic, neutral, propitiatory, placating, propitiative, compatible, placativeantagonistic, incompatibleadjective
used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
Synonyms:
out or keeping(p), uncongenial, ill-sorted, incompatible, unfitting, unsuited, inappropriate, discrepant, mismated, antipathetic, antipathetical, counter, contrastiveAntonyms:
placatory, positive, propitiatory, placative, neutral, amicable, appeasing(a), compatible, placating, conciliative, propitiative, interactive, synergistic, pacific, conciliatory, softantagonisticadjective
incapable of harmonious association
Synonyms:
counter, antipathetic, incompatible, antipatheticalAntonyms:
conciliative, conciliatory, amicable, soft, positive, placatory, placative, interactive, placating, compatible, appeasing(a), synergistic, propitiatory, neutral, propitiative, pacific
Editors Contribution
ego-dystonic
it is freudian. an addiction must become ego dystonic before one decides to abandon it.
smoking becomes ego dystonic for maybe a long while before it feels necessary to abandon it.
Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
antagonisticadjective
Synonyms:
contradictory, repugnant, conflicting, renitent, adverse
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "antagonistic":
antagonist, hostile, antagonism, confrontational, adversarial, conflicting
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1986 | cold | |
#2277 | counter | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#6811 | contrary | |
#7392 | inappropriate | |
#9085 | distant | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#15258 | conflicting | |
#17090 | incompatible | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#27459 | antagonist | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#45446 | estranged | |
#46040 | adversarial | |
#48333 | antagonism | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#51705 | confrontational | |
#52117 | frigid | |
#55147 | belligerent | |
#55326 | repugnant | |
#60499 | unkind | |
#64070 | disaffected | |
#66269 | warlike | |
#88971 | inimical | |
#93747 | unsuited | |
#104674 | contrastive | |
#115380 | bellicose | |
#128716 | discrepant | |
#273499 | uncongenial | |
#286379 | unfitting |
How to use antagonistic in a sentence?
Nobody gave us a hard time, really. Nobody was antagonistic or anything like that. It wasn't a hostile crowd by any means. They were there for the music, and whatever else was there.
Although the Atlantic alliance has weathered many crises over its lifetime, I now am concerned that the alliance will not survive Donald Trump, because he isn't arguing with allies about policy. He's questioning the fundamental value of NATO to the United States. This antagonistic approach is generating an unprecedented debate in Europe and in Canada about whether the United States should be treated as friend or foe.
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
A retail trader will not lean on Wall Street to manage their money and I definitely now see an antagonistic relationship between the old guard (Wall Street) and individual traders who are on the rise.
To put deadlines might not be the best idea, this would for me mean that we would be in a very ... antagonistic relationship where basically one side would be resisting and then I as DG would need to be putting deadlines.
Translations for antagonistic
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- antagonistaCatalan, Valencian
- antagonistischGerman
- antagonistaEsperanto
- antagónico, hostil, antagonistaSpanish
- antagoniqueFrench
- antagônicoPortuguese
- antagonist, antagonicRomanian
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