Antagonistic
Antagonistic adjective - Marked by opposition or ill will.
Opposed to and antagonistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opposed to" instead an adjective "Antagonistic".
Opposed to
Antagonistic and opposed to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Antagonistic" instead an adjective phrase "Opposed to".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- repugnant and antagonistic
- repugnant and opposed to
- contrary and antagonistic
- contrary and opposed to
- hostile and antagonistic
- hostile and opposed to
- incompatible and antagonistic
- incompatible and opposed to
- unsympathetic and antagonistic
- unsympathetic and opposed to
- antipathetic and antagonistic
- antipathetic and opposed to
- opposed and antagonistic
- opposed and opposed to
Both terms in one sentence
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Lucky, as opposed to the TV show, was a Nearly Normal Animal who could often be downright antagonistic — though he and Alf did have an Enemy Mine episode or two.
Source: Series / Alf - Early episodes had Foxxy Love being the most prominent housemate (as opposed to Captain Hero), as well as an antagonistic and unsympathetic Toot Braunstein.
- Vakama was very quiet and unconfrontational (until going all Leeroy Jenkins during the Visorak arc), while Nuju was less antagonistic towards the others ("Let's get this job over with" as opposed to Kopaka's "I work alone").
Source: Personality Powers
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