Antagonize and Help

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Antagonize verb - To implant bitter feelings in.

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Help is an antonym for antagonize in oppose topic.

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Antagonize is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

person	antagonize person	help person
humanity	antagonize humanity	help humanity
hero	antagonize hero	help hero
man	antagonize man	help man
Other words: guy, people, boy, children, someone, team, way, characters, harry, brother, anyone, everyone, humans, times, heroes.

At the very least, the stunts Dooley pulled to antagonize Lyman at every turn, such as holding him and his guests at gunpoint during a dinner party, didn't help.

Source: Jerkass Has a Point
However, its description also says tha the Reclusive Genius "is portrayed as one who likes to antagonize the Hero, but arrives as a big help at the climax of the story".

Source: Tabletop Game / Talecraft
A lone, poor woman who has lost her only child and threw her husband away, starts to antagonize every authority she could ask for help... thanks for the holding on a silver platter.

Source: Video Game / Game Of Thrones Ascent

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