Antagonistic

Etymology
From

Adjective

 * 1) Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:combative

Thesaurus
acrid; adversary; adversative; adverse; adversive; aggressive; alien; anti; antipathetic; antithetic; antonymous; at cross-purposes; at loggerheads; at odds; at variance; at war; averse; balancing; battling; bellicose; belligerent; bitter; bloodthirsty; bloody; bloody-minded; breakaway; caustic; chauvinist; chauvinistic; clashing; colliding; combative; compensating; competitive; con; conflicting; confronting; contentious; contradicting; contradictory; contradistinct; contrapositive; contrarious; contrary; contrasted; converse; counter; counteractant; counteracting; counteractive; counterbalancing; counterpoised; countervailing; counterworking; cranky; cross; crotchety; dead against; despiteful; detrimental; differing; difficult; disaccordant; disagreeable; disagreeing; discordant; discrepant; disharmonious; disinclined; disproportionate; dissentient; dissident; dissonant; divergent; enemy; eyeball to eyeball; ferocious; fierce; fighting; fractious; full of fight; full of hate; grating; hard; harmful; hateful; hawkish; hostile; immiscible; in opposition; inaccordant; incompatible; inconsistent; inconsonant; indisposed; inharmonious; inimical; inverse; jangling; jarring; jingo; jingoish; jingoist; jingoistic; malevolent; malicious; malignant; martial; militant; militaristic; military; miserable; negative; nonconformist; noncooperative; not easy; obstinate; obverse; offensive; opponent; opposed; opposing; opposite; oppositional; oppositive; oppugnant; out of accord; out of whack; overthwart; perverse; pugnacious; quarrelsome; rancorous; reactionary; reactive; recalcitrant; refractory; renitent; repugnant; resistant; reverse; revolutionary; rigorous; rival; saber-rattling; sanguinary; sanguineous; savage; scrappy; set against; sinister; soldierlike; soldierly; sore; spiteful; squared off; stressful; trigger-happy; troublesome; troublous; truculent; trying; uncongenial; uncooperative; unfavorable; unfriendly; unharmonious; unpacific; unpeaceable; unpeaceful; unpropitious; untoward; unwilling; variant; venomous; virulent; vitriolic; warlike; warmongering; warring; wretched

Translations

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 * Spanish: antagonista, hostil