as in angered
to implant bitter feelings in
everything he said just antagonized the other side even more
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Recent Examples of antagonized
Everything the rivals were doing antagonized one another.
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Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Our investment is fostered especially through Pansy’s scenes with her younger sister, Chantelle, the only person neither scared off nor antagonized by her spikiness.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
After the election, Hernandez's brother antagonized Gallego on social media.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Since then, Musk has publicly criticized both the commission and antagonized its former head, Thierry Breton, who spearheaded the investigation into X before resigning this September.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration has antagonized Wall Street by appointing enforcers — Lina Khan at the Federal Trade Commission and Jonathan Kanter, anti-trust division chief at the Justice Department — who have targeted corporate power, especially in tech.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
For viewers who consumed a relentless stream of media that surveilled and antagonized celebrities, perhaps the judges’ treatment of the artistic hopefuls seemed to be part of life in the public eye.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
The years-long ordeal saw Megan being constantly antagonized by the public and industry figures, alike.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
The White Sox players never antagonized him again.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Our investment is fostered especially through Pansy’s scenes with her younger sister, Chantelle, the only person neither scared off nor antagonized by her spikiness.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
After the election, Hernandez's brother antagonized Gallego on social media.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Since then, Musk has publicly criticized both the commission and antagonized its former head, Thierry Breton, who spearheaded the investigation into X before resigning this September.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration has antagonized Wall Street by appointing enforcers — Lina Khan at the Federal Trade Commission and Jonathan Kanter, anti-trust division chief at the Justice Department — who have targeted corporate power, especially in tech.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
For viewers who consumed a relentless stream of media that surveilled and antagonized celebrities, perhaps the judges’ treatment of the artistic hopefuls seemed to be part of life in the public eye.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
The years-long ordeal saw Megan being constantly antagonized by the public and industry figures, alike.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
The White Sox players never antagonized him again.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antagonized
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Antagonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antagonized. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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