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What is another word for antagonize?

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To aggravate (someone), especially to incite reaction

To implant bitter feelings in (someone)

To act in opposition to

To cause to feel less close or friendly

To cause pain through mistreatment

To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

To offend the moral feelings of

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To aggravate (someone), especially to incite reaction

get up someone's nose

get your dander up

make somebody's hackles rise

rattle someone's cage

ruffle one's feathers

give someone the hump

drive round the twist

put someone's nose out of joint

drive you up the wall

cut to the quick

try the patience of

rub you up the wrong way

push someon's buttons

be like a red rag to a bull

make see red

rattle someone's chain

set one's teeth on edge

scandalize^US

tread on someone's toes

put down

be disagreeable

hurt somebody's feelings

scandalise^UK

antagonise^UK

agonize^US

agonise^UK

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

make unhappy

dishearten

crush

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

make things hot for someone

start

be on one's case

make it hot for someone

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

appal^UK

appall^US

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

criticise^UK

criticize^US

exhaust someone's patience

make someone scratch their head

bend someone's ear

breathe down someone's neck

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make livid

drive you round the bend

get on someone's case

dump on

give a zinger

give the cold shoulder

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

rattle one's cage

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

mix up

give a bad time

eat away at one's mind

cause annoyance

cause suffering to

make one's heart bleed

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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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To implant bitter feelings in (someone)

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

Verb

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To act in opposition to

counteract

cancel

counter

neutralise^UK

neutralize^US

equalize^US

make of no use or value

equalise^UK

antagonise^UK

stabilize^US

stabilise^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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To cause to feel less close or friendly

drive a wedge between

set at variance

sever connections between

push away

cause antagonism between

drive away

keep apart

turn off

leave out in the cold

sever relationships

sow dissension between

put at a distance

set at odds with

destroy the affections of

set against one another

sow dissension

pit against one another

cause disagreement between

antagonise^UK

destroy relationships

withdraw the affections of

lose the affection of

distance oneself

disconnect

set someone against someone else

cause hostility between

reach a parting of the ways

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Verb

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To cause pain through mistreatment

victimise^UK

victimize^US

antagonise^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

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To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

terrorise^UK

terrorize^US

antagonise^UK

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

use strong-arm tactics on

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

put through the wringer

put the chill on

lord it over

twist one's arm

hold a gun to one's head

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

twist someone's arm

scare off

scare the bejesus out of

victimize^US

victimise^UK

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

rule with an iron hand

tighten the screws on

call the shots

bring someone to their knees

rule with a rod of iron

be cruel to

throw your weight around

have someone do something

appall^US

appal^UK

put the frighteners on

impose

breathe down someone's neck

tell someone what to do

treat brutally

have someone under your thumb

mess over

throw one's weight about

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

blind someone with something

tread on

have under one's thumb

pull rank on

take your breath away

pound

steamroll

high pressure

make an offer they can't refuse

bring force to bear on

hold a gun to someone's head

bring pressure to bear upon

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

work someone's butt off

work someone's tail off

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

be in the driver's seat

make one's blood run cold

chill to the bone

make teeth chatter

make one's hair stand on end

scare the daylights out of

scare away

curdle the blood

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Verb

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To offend the moral feelings of

appal^UK

scandalise^UK

scandalize^US

traumatise^UK

traumatize^US

appall^US

paralyse^UK

antagonise^UK

paralyze^US

raise someone's eyebrows

throw a curve

completely surprise

knock for six

set someone back on their heels

shake out of your complacency

give a turn

hit like ton of bricks

take the wind out of your sails

make someone's blood run cold

stop someone in their tracks

knock the stuffing out of

sting

vex

hurt somebody's feelings

take your breath away

hit like a ton of bricks

intimidate

boggle the mind

put someone's nose out of joint

make one's hair stand on end

agonize^US

agonise^UK

knock over with feather

galvanize^US

galvanise^UK

make someone's hair stand on end

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

mess with someone's head

knock down with a feather

oppress

sweep someone off their feet

tread on someone's toes

make someone feel sick

cause offence to

make one's flesh creep

be repulsive to

make shudder

make flesh crawl

make someone's skin crawl

make someone scratch their head

cause to be at a stand

make someone feel nauseous

make your gorge rise

make someone want to throw up

give someone the hump

ruffle one's feathers

make somebody's hackles rise

get up someone's nose

rattle someone's cage

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

rub you up the wrong way

criticise^UK

criticize^US

give the cold shoulder

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

rattle someone's chain

set someone's teeth on edge

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

be a thorn in someone's flesh

castigate

work into lather

cause anguish to

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

drive you up the wall

set one's teeth on edge

belabor^US

minimize^US

belabour^UK

minimise^UK

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

attack somebody's dignity

drag through the mire

speak ill of

cast a slur on

cast slur on

blacken the character of

run a smear campaign against

treat disrespectfully

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