antagonize

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To vex is to antagonize, and the opposite of that would be to comfort.

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  1. transitive verb To incur the dislike of; provoke hostility or enmity in: antagonized her officemates with her rude behavior.
  2. transitive verb To counteract.

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  • I think it's pretty funny how many people developer McNellis can antagonize, not just the people who live around his project, but also his fellow developers.
  • Kathy Griffin managed to antagonize, provoke and entertain in her own unrivaled way. —  mediabistro.com: TVNewser
  • Fog Rasmussen's candidacy for NATO's top civilian post was initially opposed by Turkey, whose leaders pointed out that the choice would only antagonize predominantly Muslim Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Fogh Rasmussen's candidacy for NATO's top civilian post was initially opposed by Turkey, whose leaders pointed out that the choice would antagonize predominantly Muslim Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • It's just what I enjoy, are you really going to antagonize somebody for watching movies?? —  FlickFilosopher.com
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Greek antagōnizesthai, to struggle against : anti-, anti- + agōnizesthai, to struggle (from agōn, contest; see agony).

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  1. from Greek ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι, struggle against, from ἀντί, against, + ἀγωνίζεσθαι, struggle: see agonize.
 

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