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What is another word for antagonized?

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Verb

Past tense for to aggravate (someone), especially to incite reaction

Past tense for to implant bitter feelings in (someone)

Past tense for to act in opposition to

Past tense for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

Past tense for to cause to feel less close or friendly

Past tense for to cause pain through mistreatment

Past tense for to harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

Past tense for to offend the moral feelings of

Feeling great anger or rage

Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close

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Past tense for to aggravate (someone), especially to incite reaction

rubbed up the wrong way

aroused hostility in

got on your nerves

gotten on your nerves

got under your skin

gotten under your skin

got up someone's nose

gotten up someone's nose

got your dander up

made somebody's hackles rise

rattled someone's cage

ruffled one's feathers

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

put someone's nose out of joint

given someone the pip

drove round the bend

driven round the bend

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

ate

eaten

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

gotten on one's nerves

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

tried the patience of

put down

hurt somebody's feelings

put on edge

made you see red

browned off

rubbed you up the wrong way

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

pushed someon's buttons

setted one's teeth on edge

made you angry

setted on edge

sticked in one's craw

given a hard time

picked on

rattled someone's chain

gotten your hackles up

drove bananas

gave offence to

given offence to

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

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“I fully admit I have gone out of my way on more than one occasion to needle and to antagonize him.”

Verb

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Past tense for to implant bitter feelings in (someone)

“Your harsh and constant criticisms will only serve to antagonize your staff further.”

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Past tense for to act in opposition to

counteracted

cancelled^UK

canceled^US

countered

neutralised^UK

neutralized^US

equalized^US

made of no use or value

equalised^UK

antagonised^UK

stabilized^US

stabilised^UK

leveled^US

levelled^UK

redressed the balance

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“In reasonable doses, the drug will antagonize the depressant effects of thiopental in rats and morphine in rabbits.”

Verb

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Past tense for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

antagonised^UK

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Past tense for to cause to feel less close or friendly

drove a wedge between

driven a wedge between

setted at variance

severed connections between

pushed away

caused antagonism between

sowed dissension between

sown dissension between

put at a distance

setted at odds with

destroyed the affections of

setted against one another

pulled apart

caused disagreement between

caused a rift

pitted against one another

antagonised^UK

caused disagreement among

caused a rift between

tore asunder

created a schism in

sowed dissension among

polarised^UK

lost the affection of

made indifferent

disbanded

sown dissension among

polarized^US

withdrawn the affections of

broke off

withdrew the affections of

broken off

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Past tense for to cause pain through mistreatment

Verb

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Past tense for to harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally

Verb

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Past tense for to offend the moral feelings of

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

traumatised^UK

traumatized^US

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

raised someone's eyebrows

setted someone back on their heels

shook out of your complacency

shaken out of your complacency

gave a turn

given a turn

hit like ton of bricks

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

Adjective

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Feeling great anger or rage

as cross as two sticks

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

scandalized^US

ill-humored^US

scandalised^UK

beside yourself with rage

with all guns blazing

antagonised^UK

with a chip on your shoulder

sombre^UK

somber^US

smouldering^UK

carrying a chip on your shoulder

with chip on shoulder

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

smoldering^US

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

like a fish out of water

at the end of your tether

in a tizz

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Adjective

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Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close

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