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Antagonistic synonyms

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opposing
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
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  1. That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
hostile
Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
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  1. Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
  3. Being in opposition; opposed:
inimical
Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
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  1. Injurious or harmful in effect; adverse:
  2. Like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly
  3. In opposition; adverse; unfavorable
adversarial
Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
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  1. Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
  2. Of or characterized by opposition, disagreement, hostility, etc., as between adversaries
  3. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
adverse
Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
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  1. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
  2. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
  3. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
antipathetic
Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
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  1. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
  2. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic:
  3. Opposed or antagonistic in character, tendency, etc.
opposed
Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
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  1. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
  2. Acting in opposition; opposing.
opposing
That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
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  1. That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
oppositional
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
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  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition
Find another word for antagonistic. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for antagonistic, like: opposing, hostile, inimical, unfriendly, adversarial, adverse, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional and support.

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  • The "fable" appears to be antagonistic to ideas of monarchy.

  • So, in Christianity, the existence of Satan as an evil influence, antagonistic to God, involves a kind of dualism.

  • The Gothic architecture of the Strassburg minster became to him the symbol of a national and German ideal, directly antagonistic to the French tastes and the classical and rationalistic atmosphere that prevailed in Leipzig.

  • The vibrations corresponding to the two parts are precisely antagonistic, since if both were operative the resultant would be zero.

  • The attitude of Epicurus in this whole matter is antagonistic to science.

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