antagonize
Meanings
Verb
- provoke the hostility of
- "Don't antagonize your boss"
- act in opposition to
- To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).
Synonyms
aggravate, annoy, antagonise, antagonize, bedevil, boil someone's piss, bother, botherate, bug, burn up, chap someone's hide, cheese off, counteract, devil, disgruntle, exasperate, frustrate, get, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get up, give someone the shits, grate, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harass, harsh one's mellow, hassle, Idioms:, irk, irritate, jazz, molest, mommick, nark, oppose, pee off, peeve, persecute, pester, pique, piss off, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rankle, rile, rile up, roil, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, sting, storm, tee off, test someone's patience, tick off, torque off, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up
Scrabble Score: 20
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