Josh Barnett

Why antagonize somebody for no reason? Why try to garner attention by doing something negative? Why not do something positive on your own merits, instead of somebody else, whether it's to try to antagonize them or draw their ire, or even to have them help you out.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Robert McChesney

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them.

American Critic

Garry Trudeau

For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend.

American Cartoonist

Louis Freeh

I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.

American Lawyer

Lee H. Hamilton

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.

American Politician

Lee Ranaldo

It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more innocent.

American Musician

Barry McGee

The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.

American Artist

John Knox

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Scottish Clergyman

Jason Mantzoukas

I like antagonizing the audience, poking at them.

American Actor

Mohammed Morsi

Egyptian Politician

Antagonize implies causing someone to become hostile.

Negative Connotation

Using 'antagonize' suggests actions may lead to greater conflict.

May Escalate

Antagonizing often implies intent, not an accidental effect.

Not Accidental

In medical contexts, 'antagonize' refers to a biochemical interaction.

Medical Specificity

It's used in science to describe one substance's action against another.

Scientific Context

Understanding 'antagonize' requires grasping the mechanism by which one thing inhibits another.

Mechanisms of Action

 Poe lived in poverty throughout his career, and his personal life was often as dark as his writing. He was haunted by the loss of his mother and his wife, who both died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Poe struggled with alcoholism and frequently antagonized other popular writers.

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 But long term -- I didn't mean that. But long term, long term, if you think that the Russians were antagonized by the US and Europe expanding NATO right up to their borders when we said they weren't going to, and the EU encroaching them,

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 creating the curriculum we've got to start looking towards a globalized curriculum with a localized aspect in other words we should know a bit more about the other to avoid that the possible you build up of antagonize