单词 | antagonistical |
释义 | antagonisticaladj. Antagonistic; of an antagonistic character or tendency. Also with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > mutually antagonistical1610 antagonistica1637 clashing1660 warring1703 antagonizing1751 antagonal1839 1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 54 My words were antagonisticall, and by way of objection. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 76 There hath been an Antagonisticall repugnancy betwixt vs. 1696 W. Cockburn Acct. Distempers Seafaring People 60 The heart which has no antagonistical muscle shall have its contraction continued. 1742 C. Fleming Plea for Infants 39 This implies indeed an imputation of great virtue and efficacy to the water, and may do well enough as the antagonistical or repellent charm, to that of imputed sin. 1842 E. A. Poe Myst. Marie Rogêt in Wks. (1864) I. 230 Until the instances..be sufficient in number to establish an antagonistical rule. 1923 F. L. Pattee Devel. Amer. Short Story vi. 136 The writer of the prose tale..may bring to his theme a vast variety of modes or inflections of thought and expression..which are not only antagonistical to the nature of the poem, but absolutely forbidden. 2001 J. D. Lewandowski Interpreting Culture 153 Wacquant sees how the social space of the gym is determined by cooperative but antagonistical body practices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1610 |
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