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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Antagonistic \An*tag'o*nis"tic\, Antagonistical \An*tag'o*nis"tic*al\, adjective Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- {An*tag'o*nis"tic*al*ly}, adverb
They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. --Milman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
antagonistic
adjective
1: indicating opposition or resistance [syn: {counter}]
2: characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party" [syn: {antipathetic}, {antipathetical}]
3: arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonizing brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States" [ant: {conciliatory}]
4: used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect [syn: {incompatible}] [ant: {synergistic}]
5: opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action [syn: {counteractive}] [ant: {active}]
6: incapable of harmonious association
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "antagonistic": acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, aggressive, alien, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, averse, balancing, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, breakaway, caustic, chauvinist, chauvinistic, clashing, colliding, combative, compensating, competitive, con, conflicting, confronting, contentious, contradicting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, counteractant, counteracting, counteractive, counterbalancing, counterpoised, countervailing, counterworking, cranky, cross, crotchety, dead against, despiteful, detrimental, differing, difficult, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disinclined, disproportionate, dissentient, dissident, dissonant, divergent, enemy, eyeball to eyeball, ferocious, fierce, fighting, fractious, full of fight, full of hate, grating, hard, harmful, hateful, hawkish, hostile, immiscible, in opposition, inaccordant, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, indisposed, inharmonious, inimical, inverse, jangling, jarring, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, malevolent, malicious, malignant, martial, militant, militaristic, military, miserable, negative, nonconformist, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, obverse, offensive, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, out of accord, out of whack, overthwart, perverse, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rancorous, reactionary, reactive, recalcitrant, refractory, renitent, repugnant, resistant, reverse, revolutionary, rigorous, rival, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, set against, sinister, soldierlike, soldierly, sore, spiteful, squared off, stressful, trigger-happy, troublesome, troublous, truculent, trying, uncongenial, uncooperative, unfavorable, unfriendly, unharmonious, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpropitious, untoward, unwilling, variant, venomous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike, warmongering, warring, wretched
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