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noun

antagonist n.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. "Antagonist of Heaven's Almighty King." "Our antagonists in these controversies."

(Anat.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

(Med.) A substance which opposes the actions of another substance in the body, especially a drgu that counteracts the effects of another drug.

Synonyms: Adversary; enemy; opponent; foe; competitor. See Adversary.

adjective

Antagonist adj. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

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Etymology of 'Antagonist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Antagonist" Quotes from Famous Books

... very advanced stage of drunkenness was necessary before even the strongest of them would venture a bout with him, especially as all such foolhardiness generally resulted in the monstrous Cyclops mangling his weaker antagonist out ...

— A Hungarian Nabob • Maurus Jokai

... had projected him bodily forward, Galen Albret sprang to deliver his blow. The Free Trader ducked rapidly, threw his shoulder across the middle of the older man's body, and by the very superiority of his position forced his antagonist to give ground. That the struggle would have then continued body to body there can be no doubt, had it not been for the fact that the Factor's retrogressive movement brought his knees sharply against the edge of a chair standing near the side of the table. Albret lost his balance, wavered, ...

— Conjuror's House - A Romance of the Free Forest • Stewart Edward White

... swords in a little wood near Laeken. Barty, who could have run his fat antagonist through a dozen times during the five minutes they fought, allowed himself to be badly wounded in the side, just above the hip, and spent a month in bed. He had hoped to manage for himself a slighter wound, and catch his ...

— The Martian • George Du Maurier

... preparing for further defence of his late antagonist, while the astonishment of Grancey and his fellow-second at the apparition held ...

— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall

... intimidating the young lady, he found in the course of a few more thrusts and parries that he had roused a by no means despicable antagonist. Diana was a mere mouth-piece; but she was the mouth-piece of eye-witnesses; whereas Barton was the mouth-piece of his daily newspaper and a handful of partisan books written to please the political ...

— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward

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