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The word 'antagonized' is correct and usable in written English
It means to cause someone to become hostile or unfriendly towards oneself or another. Example: The politician's controversial statements antagonized many members of the community, leading to a heated debate and divided opinions.
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antagonized
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Past of antagonize
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All of this bitterly antagonized the Japanese.
But the inquiries made by the Sunni religious authorities antagonized the vested interests, damaged the popularity of the Ak Koyunlu regime, and discredited Sunni fanaticism.
The text, however, was denounced as unorthodox by the patriarchs of Alexandria and Antioch; and, along with a subsequent work of apologetics (Homologia), it antagonized both the enemies and supporters of reunion.
Early in 1958 Egypt combined with Syria to form the United Arab Republic (U.A.R ., but Egyptian dominance antagonized many Syrians, and the union was dissolved in bitterness in September 1961 (Egypt retained the name United Arab Republic until 1971).
Their efforts antagonized the emperor Caligula, however, and they were banished in ad 39.
His autocratic manner, his lack of enthusiasm for parliamentary government, and his continuing deep interest in Portuguese affairs antagonized his subjects, as did the failure of his military forces in a war with Argentina over what is now Uruguay.
March 7, 1842 London, England November 22 , 1921London, England Henry Mayers Hyndman, (born March 7 , 1842 London died Nov. 22, 1921, London) the first important British Marxist, who strongly influenced, especially in the 1880s, many other leading British Socialists, although his difficult personality antagonized most of them and lessened his political effectiveness.
This expansionist policy antagonized the Ottomans, who seized the provincial capital of Al-Dirʿiyyah Al-Dirʿiyyah
Thus, he antagonized both the church and the orthodox Darwinians and spent his life as a lonely outsider, or as Butler called himself after the biblical outcast, "an Ishmael".
He antagonized the emirs; on September 18 , 1254 he killed a commander who had successfully suppressed an Arab rebellion in middle Egypt.
Moreover, Maria's secret morganatic marriage to Fernando Muñoz (1833) antagonized many of her supporters.
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