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• s  indicating opposition or resistance
• s  characterized by antagonism or antipathy
  slaves antagonistic to their masters
• a  arousing animosity or hostility
  his antagonistic brusqueness
  Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States
• a  used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
• s  incapable of harmonious association

• Many of her predecessors came from the antagonistic world of national campaigns, but Perino made her way to the West Wing through a succession of jobs in Congress and the Executive .
• President Akiya has declared the sect will drop its antagonistic views toward other groups.
• Archbishop Mitty himself urged his Catholic clergy, gathered for a semiannual conference, to point out to their parishioners the "antagonistic" and "bigoted" attitude of the .

• counter
• antipathetic
• antipathetical
• incompatible

• conciliatory
• synergistic

News & Articles

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• USA: New Study Says Media Coverage Favors Marriage Equality
  Media stories are more favorable to marriage equality than not, a new study from the Pew Research Center says. The New York Times reports : News organizations are far more likely to present a supportive view of same-sex marriage than an antagonistic view, according to a content study by the Pew Research Center to be released on Monday.
  June 17, 2013 - Gayapolis
• Amanda Bynes, Miley Cyrus Hurl Insults On Twitter
  Amanda Bynes and Miley Cyrus recently traded petty insults via Twitter. In keeping with Bynes’s notorious erratic behavior, Miley Cyrus became the actresses latest target when she hurled childish insults at her on Twitter. Just two weeks after Amanda Bynes’s antagonistic tweets to Miley Cyrus in which she told the singer that her boyfriend, Liam [...] Amanda Bynes, Miley Cyrus Hurl Insults On ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Mike Pence in CNN International
  I do believe that something has happened in Iran where there is a questioning of the kinds of antagonistic postures toward the international community that have taken place in the past, and that there are people who want to see greater openness and... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA Voice of America http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-16-voa37.cfm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE8JQBcnBoJwnQmYRS41y9XINDFSA Jun 16, 2009 4128 6123 antagonistic There will be a cost if Turkey stays on its present heading of growing closer to Iran and more antagonistic to the state of Israel," Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, told a news conference. "It will bear upon my view and I believe the view of...