antagonistic
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.
characterized by antagonism or antipathy
“slaves
antagonistic to their masters”-
synonyms:
adversarial, antipathetic, antipathetical-
hostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will
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hostile
incapable of harmonious association
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incompatiblenot compatible
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incompatible
arousing animosity or hostility
“his
antagonistic brusqueness”“Europe was
antagonistic to the Unites States”-
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alienatingcausing hostility or loss of friendliness
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conciliative, conciliatoryintended to placate
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appeasing, placating, placative, placatoryintended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
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pacificpromoting peace
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propitiative, propitiatoryintended to reconcile or appease
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softwilling to negotiate and compromise
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alienating
indicating opposition or resistance
used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other’s effect
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synonyms:
incompatible-
antacidacting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)
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antiphlogisticcounteracting inflammation
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interactive, synergisticused 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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antacid