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antagonist

noun as in opponent

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What doesn’t change with the times is that “It” is synonymous with its star antagonist, Pennywise, the sinister clown that terrorizes Derry.

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The president’s shifting cast of antagonists are many.

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The backlash against the current actions in Portland from obvious antagonists was expected.

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Athena isn’t a particularly intimidating antagonist, given that Julian seems to have forgotten to give her crucial abilities and weapons.

“Task” has been steadily burning toward this meeting of its two flawed men, neither of whom entirely registers as protagonist or antagonist.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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