ANTAGONIZES Synonyms

• a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

• the state of being angry

• belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• make angry

• become angry

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• put into a rage; make violently angry

• exasperate or irritate

• make furious

• make worse

• a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

• the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned

• perfume especially with a censer

• make furious

• make furious

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

• cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

• drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves

• make mad

• any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• cause to feel resentment or indignation

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• hurt the feelings of

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• provide the needed stimulus for

• annoy continually or chronically

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

• an unhappy and worried mental state

• the act of disturbing the mind or body

• a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning

• a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging

• the act of upsetting something

• an improbable and unexpected victory

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win

• mildly physically distressed

• having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom

• disturb the balance or stability of

• cause to lose one's composure

• move deeply

• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

• form metals with a swage

• defeat suddenly and unexpectedly

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

• change the arrangement or position of

• subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• act in opposition to

• provoke the hostility of

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• annoy persistently

• act in opposition to

• oppose or check by a counteraction

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• destroy property or hinder normal operations