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What does antagonize mean?

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  1. (transitive) To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.
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I don't quite understand what tickles him so much about trying to antagonize me, but it doesn't bother me, really.
The biggest drawback to this plan is that it will antagonize opponents of outsourcing.
My friends are down from Cambridge and I don't want you to antagonize them.
Again, telling porkies about your car will do nothing but antagonize the salesperson and once again you will find yourself being screwed over.
Johnson was afraid to antagonize the civil rights leaders, and the report was soon consigned to oblivion.
I fully admit I have gone out of my way on more than one occasion to needle and to antagonize him.

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