antagonistic
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The panel also said Smith's tone and language towards Burgess was "dismissive in nature", while Comotto was "antagonistic".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Popular culture … and high culture … aren’t antagonistic to each other. They fit together somehow. They belong to different aspects of the same tradition,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
This concept, known as antagonistic pleiotropy, was proposed by biologist Peter Medawar in 1952 as an explanation for aspects of aging.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
That ABC is running spots critical of a government agency shows how antagonistic the relationship between the network and the FCC has become.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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