- past tense form of antagonize.
- past participle of antagonize.
antagonized
Example Sentences
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Some also contend the deal has unnecessarily antagonized China, Australia’s main trading partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Neither side was eager to prolong a battle that antagonized customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia Law School, said Costello "greatly antagonized" Merchan.
From Salon ● May 21, 2024
So, people who are sophisticated litigators often don’t do that because it so often fails, and all you’re left with is an angered and antagonized judge who you’ve just called biased.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2024
Fyntan and Celine must have been alarmed by our misguided outpost in Kilanga, where we slept in their same house, antagonized their former friends, even turned their parrot out to nature’s maw.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
