Antagonize vs Enemy - What's the difference?
antagonize | enemy |
To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
An alliance of such forces.
Something harmful or threatening to another
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As a verb antagonize
is to work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.As a noun enemy is
someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.As an adjective enemy is
of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.antagonize
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Alternative forms
* antagonise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
- The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.
Synonyms
* pester, harass, opposeAntonyms
* appease, quellenemy
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Noun
(wikipedia enemy) (enemies)- He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.
- Crush the enemy !
- rally together against a common enemy .
- The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy . Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.
