All 7 Uses
antagonist
in
Ben Hur
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- One saying I remember—'Understand your antagonist before you answer him.'†
Chpt 2.2antagonist = someone who offers opposition or is hostile
- "I have a feeling, O my Judah," she said, patting his cheek with the hand he had been caressing—"I have the feeling that all I have said has been in strife with an antagonist more real than imaginary.†
Chpt 2.4
- For a moment, like the others, he was half blinded by the light in the arena; yet he managed to catch sight of his antagonists and divine their purpose.†
Chpt 5.14antagonists = people who offer opposition or are hostile
- At Messala, who was more than an antagonist to him, he gave one searching look.†
Chpt 5.14antagonist = someone who offers opposition or is hostile
- Without ado, Ben-Hur walked to his antagonist.†
Chpt 5.16
- The temptation was strong; and, half yielding, he chanced to look down at his late antagonist lying still, with white upturned face, so like himself.†
Chpt 5.16 *
- At the last word Ben-Hur closed with his antagonist.†
Chpt 6.6
Definitions:
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(antagonist as in: the antagonist in the film) someone who offers opposition or is hostile
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(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