antagonistic :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (10)

incompatible

adj. used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

clashing, conflicting, at odds

adj. marked by discord: "incompatible personalities"; "they were usually at odds over politics"; "incompatible colors"

opponent, opposing, antipathetic, antipathetical, opposed

adj. characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"

Fuzzynyms (94)

opposite, antithetic, antithetical

adj. sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"

contrary, converse

adj. very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"

contradictory, mutually exclusive

adj. unable to be both true at the same time

ill, inimical

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

opposite, polar, diametric, diametrical

adj. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"

different, dissimilar

adj. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"

harmful, inauspicious, adverse, untoward

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

opponent, opposing, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opposed

adj. characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party"

deadly, pestilent, baneful, pernicious

adj. exceedingly harmful

divergent, differing

adj. diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion"

different, dissimilar

different, unlike, dissimilar

adj. marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"

different, dissimilar

adj. not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"

diverse, divers

adj. many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents"

antipathetic, antipathetical, opposed, averse, indisposed, loath, loth, averse to

adj. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

bellicose, combative, pugnacious, scrappy, truculent

adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"

harmful, inauspicious, adverse, untoward

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

counter, antagonistic

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

deadly, pestilent, baneful, pernicious

adj. exceedingly harmful

wild, raging, angry, furious, tempestuous

adj. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

hateful

adj. evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

argumentative, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

antisocial

adj. shunning contact with others; "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy"

misanthropic, misanthropical, cynical

adj. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

misanthropic, misanthropical

adj. hating mankind in general

opposite, antithetic, antithetical

adj. sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair"

icy, frigid, glacial, frosty, wintry

adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

chilly, distant

adj. "relations were cool and polite"

unfriendly

adj. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

rancorous, rancourous, vindictive

adj. showing deep-seated resentment: "failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"; "preserve ... from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"

Synonyms (15)

disconfirming

adj. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

perverse

adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

minus

adj. on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus"

non

adj. (prefix) reverse of or absence of: "`nonhuman' is a negative term"

contradictory, mutually exclusive

adj. unable to be both true at the same time

uncongenial

adj. used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted

belligerent, aggressive

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

at loggerheads

adj. in a dispute or confrontation; "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges"

dirty

adj. expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"

head-on

adj. characterized by direct opposition; "a head-on confrontation"

ill, inimical

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

unfriendly

adj. not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

Antonyms (4)

synergistic, interactive

adj. used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)

compatible

adj. able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds were compatible with her ideology"

amicable

adj. characterized by friendship and good will

antagonistic

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