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antagonistic
adjective
1 antagonistic
Indicating opposition or resistance.
synonym: counter.
Roget 708:
opposing,
opposed
etc.
v.;
adverse,
antagonistic;
contrary
etc.
14;
at variance
etc.
24;
at issue,
at war with.
unfavorable,
unfriendly;
hostile,
inimical,
cross,
unpropitious.
in hostile array,
front to front,
with crossed bayonets,
at daggers drawn;
up in arms;
resistant
etc.
719.
competitive,
emulous.
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Roget 179:
counteracting
etc.
v.;
antagonistic,
conflicting,
retroactive,
renitent,
reactionary;
contrary
etc.
14.
Roget 14:
contrary,
contrarious†,
contrariant†;
opposite,
counter,
dead against;
converse,
reverse;
opposed,
antithetical,
contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing;
conflicting,
inconsistent,
contradictory,
at cross purposes;
negative;
hostile
etc.
703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.];
diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed;
as opposite as black and white,
as opposite as light and darkness,
as opposite as fire and water,
as opposite as the poles;
as different as night and day;
Hyperion to a satyr"
[Hamlet];
quite the contrary,
quite the reverse;
no such thing,
just the other way,
tout au contraire [Fr.].
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Polish: antagonistyczny
2 antagonistic
Characterized by antagonism or antipathy:
— Slaves antagonistic to their masters.
synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical.
Polish: antypatyczny
3 antagonistic
Arousing animosity or hostility.
4 antagonistic
Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect.
synonym: incompatible.
Roget 24:
disagreeing
etc.
v.;
discordant,
discrepant;
at variance,
at war;
hostile,
antagonistic,
repugnant,
incompatible,
irreconcilable,
inconsistent with;
unconformable,
exceptional
etc.
83;
intrusive,
incongruous;
disproportionate,
disproportionated†;
inharmonious,
unharmonious†;
inconsonant,
unconsonant†;
divergent,
repugnant to.
inapt,
unapt,
inappropriate,
improper;
unsuited,
unsuitable;
inapplicable,
not to the point;
unfit,
unfitting,
unbefitting;
unbecoming;
illtimed,
unseasonable,
mal a propos [Fr.],
inadmissible;
inapposite
etc.
(irrelevant)
10.
uncongenial;
ill-assorted,
ill-sorted;
mismatched,
misjoined†,
misplaced,
misclassified;
unaccommodating,
irreducible,
incommensurable,
uncommensurable†;
unsympathetic.
out of character,
out of keeping,
out of proportion,
out of joint,
out of tune,
out of place,
out of season,
out of its element;
at odds with,
at variance with.
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Polish: antagonistyczny
5 antagonistic
Incapable of harmonious association.
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