antagonise


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antagonise


Past participle: antagonised
Gerund: antagonising

Imperative
antagonise
antagonise
Present
I antagonise
you antagonise
he/she/it antagonises
we antagonise
you antagonise
they antagonise
Preterite
I antagonised
you antagonised
he/she/it antagonised
we antagonised
you antagonised
they antagonised
Present Continuous
I am antagonising
you are antagonising
he/she/it is antagonising
we are antagonising
you are antagonising
they are antagonising
Present Perfect
I have antagonised
you have antagonised
he/she/it has antagonised
we have antagonised
you have antagonised
they have antagonised
Past Continuous
I was antagonising
you were antagonising
he/she/it was antagonising
we were antagonising
you were antagonising
they were antagonising
Past Perfect
I had antagonised
you had antagonised
he/she/it had antagonised
we had antagonised
you had antagonised
they had antagonised
Future
I will antagonise
you will antagonise
he/she/it will antagonise
we will antagonise
you will antagonise
they will antagonise
Future Perfect
I will have antagonised
you will have antagonised
he/she/it will have antagonised
we will have antagonised
you will have antagonised
they will have antagonised
Future Continuous
I will be antagonising
you will be antagonising
he/she/it will be antagonising
we will be antagonising
you will be antagonising
they will be antagonising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been antagonising
you have been antagonising
he/she/it has been antagonising
we have been antagonising
you have been antagonising
they have been antagonising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been antagonising
you will have been antagonising
he/she/it will have been antagonising
we will have been antagonising
you will have been antagonising
they will have been antagonising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been antagonising
you had been antagonising
he/she/it had been antagonising
we had been antagonising
you had been antagonising
they had been antagonising
Conditional
I would antagonise
you would antagonise
he/she/it would antagonise
we would antagonise
you would antagonise
they would antagonise
Past Conditional
I would have antagonised
you would have antagonised
he/she/it would have antagonised
we would have antagonised
you would have antagonised
they would have antagonised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.antagonise - act in opposition to
act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
2.antagonise - provoke the hostility ofantagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"
annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
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Translations
يُعادِي، يُخاصِم
vekja andúî

antagonist

(ӕnˈtӕgənist) noun
an opponent or enemy.
anˈtagonism noun
unfriendliness, hostility.
anˌtagoˈnistic adjective
anˌtagoˈnistically adverb
anˈtagonize, anˈtagonise verb
to make an enemy of (someone). You are antagonizing her by your rudeness.
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