antagonizing

English

Alternative forms

antagonising (mainly UK)

Adjective

antagonizing (comparative more antagonizing, superlative most antagonizing)

Tending to antagonize.
- 2002, Nick Crossley, Making Sense Of Social Movements, page 138:
  In other words, agents are more persuaded by anti-establishment frames when the establishment is both more antagonizing and more resistant to change.
- 2008, Barry Cooper, ‎Jodi Bruhn, Voegelin Recollected: Conversations on a Life, page 132:
  He had a kind of pugnacity about him that could be very antagonizing.
- 2020, Jonathan Matusitz, Global Jihad in Muslim and non-Muslim Contexts, page 323:
  The actions of such group or movement become more and more antagonizing to actions of other groups or movements over time.

Derived terms

unantagonizing

Verb

antagonizing

present participle and gerund of antagonize

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