All antagonize synonyms
an·tag·o·nize
A a verb antagonize
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- rile — to irritate or vex.