The two countries are antagonistic to each other.
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Antagonistic
//ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk//
Synonyms for "antagonistic" (214 found)
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chauvinisticclashingcollidingcombativecompensatingcompetitiveconconflictingconfrontingcontentiouscontradictingcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedconversecountercounteractant
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counteractingcounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrotchetydead againstdefiantdespitefuldetrimentaldifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisagreeabledisagreeingdiscordantdiscrepantdisharmoniousdisinclineddisproportionatedissentientdissidentdissonantdivergentenemyeyeball to eyeballferociousfiercefightingfractiousfull of fightfull of hategratinghardharmfulhatefulhawkishhostileimmiscible
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (107)
in oppositioninaccordantinconsistentinconsonantindisposedinharmoniousinimicalinversejanglingjarringjingojingoishjingoistjingoisticmalevolentmaliciousmalignmalignantmartialmilitant
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militaristicmilitarymiserablenonconformistnoncooperativenot easyobstinateobverseoffensiveopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackoverthwartperversepolarpugnaciousquarrelsomerancorousreactionaryreactiverecalcitrantrefractoryreluctantrenitentrepugnantresentfulresistantreverserevolutionaryrigorousrivalsaber-rattlingsanguinarysanguineoussavagescrappyset againstsinistersoldierlikesoldierlysorespitefulsquared offstressfultrigger happytrigger-happytroublesometroubloustruculenttryinguncongenialuncooperativeunfavorableunfriendlyunharmoniousunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefulunpropitiousuntowardunwillingvariantvenomousvirulentvitriolicwarlikewarmongeringwarringwretched
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- antagonista adj (contending)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 對抗性的 /对抗性的 adj (contending)
Esperanto
1 entries- antagonista adj (contending)
French
1 entries- antagonique adj (contending)
German
1 entries- antagonistisch adj (contending)
Greek
1 entries- ανταγωνιστικός adj (contending)
Hungarian
4 entries- antagonista adj (biochemistry: relating to an antagonist)
- antagonisztikus adj (contending)
- ellenséges adj (contending)
- szemben álló adj (contending)
Kazakh
1 entries- антагонистік adj (contending)
Latin
1 entries- infestus adj (contending)
Māori
2 entries- ngākaukino adj (contending)
- nihoniho adj (contending)
Polish
1 entries- antagonistyczny adj (contending)
Portuguese
4 entries- antagonista adj (contending)
- antagonístico adj (contending)
- antagónico adj (contending)
- antagônico adj (contending)
Romanian
2 entries- antagonic adj (contending)
- antagonist adj (contending)
Spanish
3 entries- antagonista adj (contending)
- antagónico adj (contending)
- hostil adj (contending)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Why is Tom being so antagonistic?
Source: tatoeba (7870121)
In North Korea, the religious policy is atheism. In South Korea, about a third of the population is Christian, which is Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Orthodox. Some Protestants are known to be antagonistic to Buddhists, but Roman Catholics have been more cooperative.
Source: tatoeba (10563854)
Buddhists seem less antagonistic towards science than are Christians.
Source: tatoeba (10683941)
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