English-Thai Dictionary

antagonize

VT ทำให้ กลายเป็น ศัตรู  ทำให้ เป็นปฏิปักษ์  alienate offend set against tham-hai-klai-pen-sad-tru

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTAGONIZE

v.i.To contend against; to act in opposition; to oppose in argument.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANTAGONIZE

An *tag "o *nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Antagonozing.] Etym: [Gr. Antagonism. ]

 

Defn: To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

 

ANTAGONIZE

ANTAGONIZE An *tag "o *nize, v. i.

 

Defn: To act in opposition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

antagonize

an tag o nize |anˈtagəˌnīz ænˈtæɡəˌnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to become hostile: he antagonized many colleagues during the budget wars. • Biochemistry (of a substance ) act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action ): two other drugs antagonized the antidepressantlike effect. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘struggle against ’): from Greek antagōnizesthai, from ant- ‘against ’ + agōnizesthai ‘struggle ’ (from agōn ‘contest ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

antagonize

antagonize |anˈtag (ə )nʌɪz |(also antagonise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to become hostile: the aim was to antagonize visiting supporters. 2 Biochemistry (of a substance ) act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action ). ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘struggle against ’): from Greek antagōnizesthai, from ant- ‘against ’ + agōnizesthai ‘struggle ’ (from agōn ‘contest ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

antagonize

antagonize verb have I done something to antagonize you? arouse hostility in, alienate; anger, annoy, provoke, vex, irritate; rub the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile, needle, rattle someone's cage, get someone's back up. ANTONYMS pacify, placate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

antagonize

antagonize verb he seemed to be deliberately trying to antagonize her: arouse hostility in, alienate, set someone against someone else, estrange, disaffect; anger, annoy, provoke, vex, irritate, offend; informal aggravate, rile, needle, get someone's back up, make someone's hackles rise, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, rattle someone's cage, get up someone's nose, get in someone's hair, get someone's dander up, get under someone's skin; Brit. informal nark, get on someone's wick. ANTONYMS pacify, placate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

antagonize

an tag o nize /æntǽɡənàɪz /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人など 〉を敵に回す, …の反感を買う ; …をいらいらさせる .2 〈化合物など 〉を中和する, 打ち消す .