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What is another word for antagonizing?

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Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to implant bitter feelings in (someone)

Present participle for to act in opposition to

Present participle for to cause to feel less close or friendly

Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment

Present participle for to harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

Present participle for to offend the moral feelings of

That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting on one's nerves

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

rubbing the wrong way

sending into a rage

steaming up

rattling someone's cage

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

insulting

enflaming

getting your dander up

driving you up the wall

trying the patience of

giving a hard time

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting a rise out of

irritating greatly

messing

messing with

pushing someon's buttons

getting your hackles up

driving bananas

eating away at

rattling someone's chain

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

hurting somebody's feelings

treading on someone's toes

giving offence to

arousing hostility in

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

putting the screws on

throwing off balance

making things hot for someone

terrorizing^US

victimizing^US

putting the squeeze on

terrorising^UK

bringing pressure to bear on

taking the mickey

victimising^UK

taking the piss out of

tyrannizing^US

making it hot for someone

pulling someone's leg

finding fault with

causing suffering to

keeping complaining to

tyrannising^UK

getting across someone

swipeing at

jeering at

discriminating against

running up the wrong way

joking with

giving someone hell

scorning

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

singling out

showing ill will towards

using strong-arm tactics on

causing concern to

making uncomfortable

preying on your mind

causing discomfort to

belabouring^UK

searching high heaven

making someone fed up

jumping on one's case

creating difficulties for

causing inconvenience to

bringing pressure to bear

putting the bite on

slapping

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

criticizing^US

belaboring^US

criticising^UK

busting someone's balls

putting someone off their stroke

stumping

throwing into tizzy

causing someone to lose their composure

satirizing^US

giving someone bother

putting in a spot

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

satirising^UK

getting into a dither

carping

sweating it out

carrying a heavy load

twisting someone's arm

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“I fully admit I have gone out of my way on more than one occasion to needle and to antagonize him.”

Verb

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Present participle for to implant bitter feelings in (someone)

“Your harsh and constant criticisms will only serve to antagonize your staff further.”

Verb

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Present participle for to act in opposition to

counteracting

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

equalizing^US

equalising^UK

rendering ineffective

balancing out

making of no use or value

equalling^UK

equaling^US

redressing the balance

levelling^UK

leveling^US

stabilizing^US

stabilising^UK

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“In reasonable doses, the drug will antagonize the depressant effects of thiopental in rats and morphine in rabbits.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause to feel less close or friendly

driving a wedge between

setting at variance

severing connections between

pushing away

causing antagonism between

driving away

keeping apart

turning off

leaving out in the cold

sowing dissension between

putting at a distance

setting at odds with

destroying the affections of

setting against one another

sowing dissension

pitting against one another

causing a rift

pulling apart

putting at odds

causing disagreement between

causing disagreement among

sowing dissension among

withdrawing the affections of

losing the affection of

polarizing^US

polarising^UK

causing a rift between

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Verb

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Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment

Verb

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Present participle for to harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

Verb

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Present participle for to offend the moral feelings of

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

raising someone's eyebrows

throwing a curve

completely surprising

knocking for six

setting someone back on their heels

shaking out of your complacency

giving a turn

hitting like ton of bricks

taking the wind out of your sails

Adjective

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That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates

enough to drive you up the wall

enough to try the patience of a saint

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

unfavorable^US

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