antagonistic
adjective
an·tag·o·nis·tic
(ˌ)an-ˌta-gə-ˈni-stik 
: 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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Sometimes people are a little bit antagonistic about that song.
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Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Voting law changes Kemp hasn’t been wholly antagonistic toward Trump’s claims of irregularities in the 2020 election.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Sep. 2024
What was initially perceived by the protesters as something potentially antagonistic began to draw more curiosity the longer the bus lingered.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
From the filmmaker’s premise to the audiences’ response, Padilha’s film is built entirely around the social, economical and criminal realities of a country whose consumer population has little patience for provocative art, and is frequently antagonistic to it.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Voting law changes Kemp hasn’t been wholly antagonistic toward Trump’s claims of irregularities in the 2020 election.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Sep. 2024
What was initially perceived by the protesters as something potentially antagonistic began to draw more curiosity the longer the bus lingered.
—Makena Kelly, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024
From the filmmaker’s premise to the audiences’ response, Padilha’s film is built entirely around the social, economical and criminal realities of a country whose consumer population has little patience for provocative art, and is frequently antagonistic to it.
—Guilherme Jacobs, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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antagonistic
adjective
an·tag·o·nis·tic
(ˌ)an-ˌtag-ə-ˈnis-tik
1
: characterized by or resulting from antagonism
antagonistic antibiotics
2
: relating to or being muscles that are antagonists
skeletal muscles arranged in antagonistic pairs
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