| 单词 | antagonistic |
| 释义 | antagonistic (once / 2756 pages) adj If you're antagonistic, you're hard to get along with. Harmony is not your friend — you prefer hostility and struggle. If you're antagonistic to your little brother, you're always picking on him and giving him a hard time — causing him agony — a word that's buried in antagonistic. Even drugs or chemicals can be antagonistic: if you take a sleeping pill and then follow it with a few cups of espresso, the interaction is likely to be antagonistic. The sleeping pill and the caffeine struggle against each other and you're not likely to get much sleep. WORD FAMILYantagonistic: antagonistically+/antagonise: antagonised, antagonises, antagonising/antagonism: antagonise, antagonisms, antagonist, antagonistic, antagonize/antagonist: antagonists/antagonize: antagonized, antagonizes, antagonizing USAGE EXAMPLESNews website comment sections host antagonistic conversations between contributors. Salon(Dec 19, 2016) TSA officials reportedly insisted on subjecting Mr. Reinhold to a secondary search when he began acting “antagonistic toward officers,” authorities told the newspaper. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) "Despite the West's antagonistic policy and the unavoidable reaction of Moscow, which limited these opportunities in the past few decades, the possibilities today are unique." Reuters(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj characterized by antagonism or antipathy slaves antagonistic to their masters Syn antipathetic, antipathetical hostile characterized by enmity or ill will 2adj incapable of harmonious association Syn incompatible not compatible 3adj arousing animosity or hostility his antagonistic brusqueness Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States Syn|Ant alienating causing hostility or loss of friendliness conciliative, conciliatory intended to placate appeasing, placating, placative, placatoryintended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions pacificpromoting peace propitiative, propitiatoryintended to reconcile or appease softwilling to negotiate and compromise 4adj indicating opposition or resistance Syn counter negative characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features 5adj used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect Syn|Ant incompatible antacid acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) antiphlogisticcounteracting inflammation interactive, synergistic used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) |
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