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Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their kids were grown, and this was a catastrophe for us.
Anne Lamott

Meaning of "antagonistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTAGONISTIC

antagonistic  [ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTAGONISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antagonistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTAGONISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antagonist (disambiguation)

An antagonist is a character opposing the protagonist in literature. Antagonist may also refer to: ▪ Antagonist, a muscle type ▪ Receptor antagonist, a class of drugs that bind to but do not trigger a receptor ▪ Antagonist A.D., a New Zealand metalcore band ▪ Antagonist, metalcore band from Whittier, California ▪ The Antagonists, a 1971 novel by Ernest K. Gann about the siege of Masada ▪ The Antagonists, a 1991 American television series ▪ Antagonist, a book in Childe Cycle by Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon ▪ Antagonist, the debut album of the German Metalcore band Maroon ▪ HMS Antagonist...

Definition of antagonistic in the English dictionary

The definition of antagonistic in the dictionary is in active opposition. Other definition of antagonistic is mutually opposed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTAGONISTIC


agonistic
ˌæɡəˈnɪstɪk
anachronistic
əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk
Calvinistic
ˌkælvɪˈnɪstɪk
chauvinistic
ˌʃəʊvɪˈnɪstɪk
communistic
ˌkɒmjʊˈnɪstɪk
deterministic
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈnɪstɪk
faunistic
ˌfɔːˈnɪstɪk
feministic
ˌfemɪˈnɪstɪk
hedonistic
ˌhiːdəˈnɪstɪk
Hellenistic
ˌhɛlɪˈnɪstɪk
humanistic
ˌhjuːməˈnɪstɪk
impressionistic
ɪmˌprɛʃəˈnɪstɪk
mechanistic
ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk
misogynistic
ˌmɪsɒdʒɪˈnɪstɪk
modernistic
ˌmɒdəˈnɪstɪk
opportunistic
ˌɒpətjʊˈnɪstɪk
perfectionistic
pəˌfɛkʃəˈnɪstɪk
pianistic
ˌpiːəˈnɪstɪk
synchronistic
ˌsɪŋkrəˈnɪstɪk
urbanistic
ˌɜːbəˈnɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTAGONISTIC

anta
Antabuse
antacid
antae
Antaeus
antagonisable
antagonisation
antagonise
antagonism
antagonist
antagonistically
antagonizable
antagonization
antagonize
Antakiya
Antakya
antalgic
antalkali
antalkaline

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTAGONISTIC

artistic
autistic
ballistic
characteristic
domestic
futuristic
heuristic
holistic
journalistic
linguistic
logistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of antagonistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANTAGONISTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «antagonistic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of antagonistic

Translation of «antagonistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTAGONISTIC

Find out the translation of antagonistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antagonistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antagonistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拮抗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antagónica
570 millions of speakers

English

antagonistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विरोधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антагонистические
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antagônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শত্রুভাবাপন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antagoniste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antagonistik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antagonistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

対立する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

길항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antagonistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tương phản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பகையுணர்வுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वेष करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muhalif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antagonistico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antagonistyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антагоністичні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antagoniste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανταγωνιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antagonistiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antagonistisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antagonistisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antagonistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTAGONISTIC»

The term «antagonistic» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTAGONISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antagonistic

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANTAGONISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word antagonistic.
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Rashid al-Ghannushi
French laicite is probably aggressive and antagonistic to the religion, but there are other models of secularism in the world where there could be reconciliation between religion and secularism.
2
Emile Coue
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
3
Garet Garrett
This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
4
Anita Hill
We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.
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Anne Lamott
Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their kids were grown, and this was a catastrophe for us.
6
Lydia Lunch
I'm nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible - but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it's stubborness that keeps me going.
7
Trofim Lysenko
Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology.
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Trofim Lysenko
In the present epoch of struggle between two worlds the two opposing and antagonistic trends penetrating the foundations of nearly all branches of biology are particularly sharply defined.
9
Frederica Mathewes-Green
As a teenager and a student, I totally cast away the Christian faith. I just believed it was stupid, and only stupid people could believe it. I actually became an anti-Christian, and very antagonistic.
10
Rollo May
The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTAGONISTIC»

Discover the use of antagonistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antagonistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity
This is a critical look at how we compartmentalise Iraqis into Shi'as and Sunnis.
Fanar Haddad, 2011
2
Release from Antagonistic Pleiotropy and Coevolution ...
SSC1 is a gene that encodes a multifunctional mitochondrial heat shock protein that gave rise to SSQ1 by gene duplication in a subset of yeasts.
Krista Gudrais Reitenga, 2009
3
Non-antagonistic games
'Although this book is a translation of a Russian version of about 10 years ago, this book can still be recommended as an inspiration source for researchers in the field of game theory.' Mathematical Reviews, Issue 88F.
I︠U︡riĭ Borisovich Germeĭer, 1986
4
Monitoring antagonistic fungi deliberately released into the ...
This book particularly addresses the various approaches for monitoring introduced fungi and the current status of techniques which may be relevant to use are described.
Dan Funck Jensen, Hans-Börje Jansson, Arne Tronsmo, 1996
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Encyclopedia of Pest Management
ANTAGONISTIC. PLANTS. Philip Oduor Ovvino Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya INTRODUCTION Plant parasitic nematodes cause significant crop losses in Africa and other parts of the world. Infected plants suffer from water deficiency and ...
David Pimentel, Ph.D., 2002
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Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain ...
Antagonistic Crops Plants antagonistic to nematodes are those that are considered to produce toxic substances, usually, while the crops are growing or after incorporation into the soil. In practical nematode management strategies the use of ...
A. Ciancio, K. G. Mukerji, 2007
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The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions
antagonistic interactions, the fitness of individuals of one of the interacting species increases, while the fitness of individuals of other interacting species decreases as a result of the interaction. Basically, antagonistic interactions occur between ...
Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, 2007
8
Toxic and Antagonistic Effects of Salts on Saccharomyces ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Swarna Kumar Mitra, 2012
9
Authorities cited antagonistic to Horace Binney's ...
"ral Government" as relating to Congress. In vol. 2, page 322, "Debates in the Convention of the State of Massachusetts," Judge Sumner said " that this was a restriction, that the Writ of Habeas "Corpus should not be suspended except in cases ...
10
The Antagonistic Action of Magnesium and Potassium
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Ost W. J. V. (Winthrop John Van Leuven), 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTAGONISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antagonistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Apple Music offers a peek into the future of Apple Inc, and its stark …
Google's ideological warfare waged on intellectual property holders might have excited the base, but it resulted in an antagonistic relationship ... «Apple Insider, Jul 15»
2
Same-sex marriage's effects on liberty, families
The collapse of the American family predates any serious gay rights movement, and occurred first in communities that were largely antagonistic ... «South Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Greece: battleground of worst ideas of the 20th century
The key is in the drama's tragic inevitability (a subject that Greeks understand well): the two antagonistic camps in this epic confrontation are ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
4
My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records
They were also deliberately antagonistic and refused to suck up to the press and play the industry game – all reasons to admire them. «Drowned In Sound, Jul 15»
5
Creation's Order of Love: How (Not) to Read Laudato Si'
The problem is that when these two are viewed as antagonistic opposites, we enter a zero-sum game in which adherents of one win ground at ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
6
Greek voters reject bloc's bailout terms
Five months of protracted and often antagonistic negotiations followed and optimism for a deal toward the end of June was suddenly ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
7
The DRAGONS TV Recap: 'Race to the Edge' Episode 1 & 2 …
... possibly tortured) by his 'brotherly' connection with Hiccup (antagonistic as it is). In the three years between Defenders and Race to the Edge, ... «Rotoscopers, Jul 15»
8
Opinion: Revolution is not a dirty word
Labour itself fought an election on the promise of a constitutional convention; the SNP continue to consider the UK to be antagonistic to ... «Liberal Democrat Voice, Jul 15»
9
Shun hateful Buddhists
At least in Thailand, there is no legitimate group that supports antagonistic messages aimed at other religions. Thais deserve to be proud of this ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
10
Special app to help guide diabetics through fasting period
When severe, hypoglycemia can also result in mental confusion, antagonistic behaviors, unconsciousness, and even seizures, which makes it ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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