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verb

antagonize

to cause someone to become hostile

In a sentence

Six example sentences with antagonize, each labelled with its topic.

  • The proposal was written carefully so as not to antagonize the farming districts the governor still needed.

    Politics

  • New players antagonize the whole server by looting shared chests, and the guilds remember names for months.

    Gaming

  • Raising the fee without warning antagonized customers who had defended the company through two bad years.

    Business

  • The point guard's habit of taunting antagonized the home crowd, and they booed him every time he touched the ball.

    Basketball

  • Teenagers sometimes antagonize a parent on purpose, testing whether the relationship survives a slammed door.

    Psychology

  • Publicly mocking the market leader antagonized the very partners the startup would need for distribution a year later.

    Startups

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