All 9 Uses
antagonist
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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- During the day Farfrae learnt from the men that Henchard had kept Abel's old mother in coals and snuff all the previous winter, which made him less antagonistic to the corn-factor.†
Chpt 15antagonistic = with opposition or hostility
- He planted on Donald an antagonistic glare that had begun as a smile.†
Chpt 16 *
- It was, in some degree, Northern insight matched against Southern doggedness—the dirk against the cudgel—and Henchard's weapon was one which, if it did not deal ruin at the first or second stroke, left him afterwards well-nigh at his antagonist's mercy.†
Chpt 17antagonist = someone who offers opposition or is hostile
- There was an antagonistic force in exercise, so that when he had tried to hang near her he seemed standing in a refluent current.†
Chpt 26antagonistic = with opposition or hostility
- It was a wrestling match, the object of each being to give his antagonist a back fall; and on Henchard's part, unquestionably, that it should be through the door.†
Chpt 38antagonist = someone who offers opposition or is hostile
- With his right he endeavoured to get hold of his antagonist's left arm, which, however, he could not do, so adroitly did Henchard keep it in the rear as he gazed upon the lowered eyes of his fair and slim antagonist.†
Chpt 38
- With his right he endeavoured to get hold of his antagonist's left arm, which, however, he could not do, so adroitly did Henchard keep it in the rear as he gazed upon the lowered eyes of his fair and slim antagonist.†
Chpt 38
- At the same time Farfrae discerned his late antagonist.†
Chpt 40
- He dreaded lest an antagonistic word should lose for him such regard as he had regained from her by his devotion, feeling that to retain this under separation was better than to incur her dislike by keeping her near.†
Chpt 42antagonistic = with opposition or hostility
Definitions:
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(1)
(antagonist as in: the antagonist in the film) someone who offers opposition or is hostile
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Specialized Definitions of antagonist:
- literature or storytelling: the most important character who opposes the main character or protagonist
- physiology: a muscle that relaxes when another muscle contracts
- chemistry and biology: a substance that interferes with the effect of another substance