antagonistic

adjective

an·tag·o·nis·tic | \ (ˌ)an-ˌta-gə-ˈnis-tik

Definition of antagonistic

: showing dislike or opposition : marked by or resulting from antagonism an antagonistic relationship factions antagonistic to one another

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Examples of antagonistic in a Sentence

They found it impossible to deal with such antagonistic groups. countries that have been antagonistic towards each other for centuries

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Vocal workers took a more antagonistic stance towards GM. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "GM's Lordstown Chevy Cruze Plant Closes Amidst Protests," 7 Mar. 2019 But decades later, its coverage of the Montgomery bus boycott of the 1950s and the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 was indifferent and antagonistic. — John Eligon, New York Times, "A Lynching Memorial Forces a Reckoning for a Nation, and a Newspaper," 29 Apr. 2018 Recent incidents of black people going about their lives and being unfairly targeted by suspicious or downright antagonistic white people who’ve criminalized innocuous actions have been widely shared on social media. — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, "Police say woman screamed racial slurs and smacked a black teen at a pool. She lost her job.," 2 July 2018 The world is antagonistic to marriages, and there are a million different things that limit your access to your spouse’s attention. — Sean Illing, Vox, "A divorce lawyer’s guide to staying together," 3 Dec. 2018 That ended up meaning a lot of things that were antagonistic to North Korea. — Alex Ward, Vox, "How Trump made the North Korea crisis worse," 12 Dec. 2018 President Trump is highly antagonistic towards Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. — Fox News, "Politics of The New York Times' Rod Rosenstein report," 21 Sep. 2018 Most of the media is antagonistic to the president. — WSJ, "GOP Will Fight Poison Impeachment Chalice," 29 Aug. 2018 Rondo and Paul, two of the NBA’s most talented, cerebral and antagonistic point guards, have a contentious history that dates back more than a decade. Saturday night is when their simmering tension boiled over. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "LeBron James’s First Game in Los Angeles Turns Into Fight Night," 21 Oct. 2018

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