antagonism
Example Sentences
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The sisters’ mutual antagonism has a few clever beats, like when they bicker over who had the superior working-class restaurant job, Grace waiting tables or Faith as a hostess.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Despite this resilience, the baseline outlook if the regime survives and antagonism with the West continues is grim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
At the time, his identity as a gay conservative framed much of his antagonism toward Islam.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
Yet, the film remains seductive despite its near-constant cacophonous antagonism.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
She looked at me with a glitter of antagonism.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
