antagonistic
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Synonyms
adversarial, adversary, antipathetic, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, jaundiced, mortal, negative, unfriendly, unsympathetic
Antonyms
friendly, hospitable, nonantagonistic, nonhostile, sympathetic
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This time protesters were antagonistic from the outset. — The Economist, "Yet another tense and violent weekend puts Hong Kong on edge," 28 July 2019 The country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is fiercely antagonistic to the United States and hasn’t left the country in 30 years. — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, "Trump calls Iranian shootdown of Navy drone a ‘fly in the ointment.’ Say what?," 20 June 2019 Presidential historians struggled to name a similar threat from a U.S. president -- even from presidents known to be antagonistic to the press like Richard Nixon. — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, "The Technology 202: Apple may not be able to escape political peril in Washington anymore," 4 June 2019 The Jadhav verdict comes amid fluctuating relations between the antagonistic neighbors. — Niha Masih, Washington Post, "Alleged Indian spy on death row in Pakistan wins reprieve from execution," 18 July 2019 The candidate, who announced her run in a video, now says Ocasio-Cortez is self-serving, too focused on her own success and visibility, and too antagonistic. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "AOC’s surprise new Republican challenger was an AOC fan," 17 July 2019 The two are more internally split than before and more antagonistic towards one another. — Charlemagne | Strasbourg, The Economist, "Ursula von der Leyen is elected European Commission president," 16 July 2019 This fear, that Hong Kong might elect a leader antagonistic to the interests of Beijing, has stood in the way of the government offering anything other than piecemeal reforms in the past. — Time, "It Is Time for Democracy in Hong Kong," 2 July 2019 Sanders continues to have a rather antagonistic relationship with Democratic Party leaders, and his campaign is probably the biggest threat to the party establishment. — Andrew Prokop, Vox, "Where the Democratic race stands before the first debate," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'antagonistic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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