Definition of antagonist

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Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..

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Bay :: Bay (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible..
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch..
Inimical :: Inimical (a.) Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant..
Antinational :: Antinational (a.) Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government..
Opposite :: Opposite (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
Elench :: Elench (n.) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
Adversary :: Adversary (n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
Opposite :: Opposite (a.) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Contendent :: Contendent (n.) An antagonist; a contestant.
Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..
Counter :: Counter (a.) Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue..
Contrariant :: Contrariant (a.) Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..
Antagonistic :: Antagonistic (a.) Alt. of Antagonistica.
Antichrist :: Antichrist (n.) A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..
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