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Verb
/anˈtagəˌnīz/,
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antagonizing, present participle; antagonised, past participle; antagonized, past participle; antagonising, present participle; antagonizes, 3rd person singular present; antagonized, past tense; antagonised, past tense; antagonises, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Cause (someone) to become hostile
    • - he antagonized many colleagues during the budget wars
  2. (of a substance) Act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action)
    • - two other drugs antagonized the antidepressantlike effect
  1. provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"
  2. act in opposition to
  3. (antagonism) hostility: a state of deep-seated ill-will
  4. (antagonism) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors; "the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism"
  5. (antagonism) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
  6. (antagonism) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
  7. (Antagonism (chemistry)) In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects.
  8. (Antagonism (phytopathology)) In phytopathology, antagonism refers to the action of any organism that suppress or interfere the normal growth and activity of a plant pathogen, such as bacteria or fungi.
  9. To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction
  10. (antagonism) A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy
  11. (antagonism) An interaction between two organisms (e.g., moulds or bacteria) in which the growth of one is inhibited by the other. cf synergism.
  12. ("Antagonism") is the characteristic property of a mixture of toxicants that exhibits a less-than-additive total toxic effect (USEPA, 1991a.)
  13. (ANTAGONISM) Opposing action of different chemicals such that the action of one is impaired or the total effect is less than that of one component used separately.
  14. (ANTAGONISM) The opposite of synergy. One factor (treatment) reduces or cancels the effect of another
  15. (Antagonism) Combined action of two or more stimuli. In combination, they elicit a response lower than that expected from adding each stimulus together.
  16. (Antagonism) The combined result of two drugs being less than the sum of the two drugs put together. In essence, the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
  17. (Antagonism) in chemotherapy, the production of smaller than expected additive effects; i.e., a situation in which combination drug therapy produces less of a therapeutic effect than would normally be predicted from the combined effect of the various drugs.
  18. (Antagonism) in general, an association in which one organism damages another. Especially pertinent to where one produces a toxic compound (see barrage).
  19. (antagonism) The depressive effect of one organism upon another, such as certain grasses like timothy hay on the production of alfalfa hay.
  20. (antagonism) when two hormones exert opposite effects on a given target cell/tissue (a common form of negative feedback control)
  21. Antagonism refers to inhibition or blockade of an agonist induced response. There are several forms of antagonism including: chemical, physiologic and pharmacologic. In addition antagonism can be described as competitve, noncompetitive, reversible, irreversible, surmountable or insurmountable.
  22. incur the dislike of someone; counteract
  23. (vb.): oppose; make angry