GRE vocabulary
antagonize
to provoke hostility or opposition in someone
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Antagonize in a sentence
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His blunt remarks antagonized the very people he hoped to win over.
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Questions about “antagonize”
Antagonize (verb) means to provoke hostility or opposition in someone
Here is antagonize used in an example sentence: "His blunt remarks antagonized the very people he hoped to win over."
Common synonyms for antagonize include provoke, alienate, irritate.
Antonyms of antagonize include pacify, appease, conciliate.
Antagonize is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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