antagonizing

comparative more antagonizing · superlative most antagonizing · alternative antagonising

1. Tending to antagonize.

   He had a kind of pugnacity about him that could be very antagonizing.

   2008, Barry Cooper, Jodi Bruhn, Voegelin Recollected: Conversations on a Life, page 132

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   In other words, agents are more persuaded by anti-establishment frames when the establishment is both more antagonizing and more resistant to change.

   2002, Nick Crossley, Making Sense Of Social Movements, page 138

   The actions of such group or movement become more and more antagonizing to actions of other groups or movements over time.

   2020, Jonathan Matusitz, Global Jihad in Muslim and non-Muslim Contexts, page 323

alternative antagonising

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of antagonize