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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
antagonize
 
SYLLABICATION:an·tag·o·nize
PRONUNCIATION:  n-tg-nz
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: an·tag·o·nized, an·tag·o·niz·ing, an·tag·o·niz·es
1. To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior. 2. To counteract.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek antagnizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agnizesthai, to struggle (from agn, contest; see agony).
 
 
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