Verb (used with object) : His speech antagonized many voters.    From Dictionary.com. 

What's in it for the Left to antagonise Islamists?.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Outsourcing plans antagonise loyal Compaq customers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confirmed: Adobe To Cut 9 Percent Of Workforce] Reference

We cannot afford to antagonise potential advertisers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference

She knew the last thing to do now was antagonise him.    From Wordnik.com.  [faceless]

'Maybe, but don't antagonise her today, I want it all to.    From Wordnik.com.  [two women]

But others were more cautious of appearing to antagonise.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Garry was laughing and she knew it was to antagonise her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maura's Game]

The cards will no doubt needlessly antagonise ethnic minorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mad for ID] Reference

If they stay, they antagonise many Iraqi's and fuel the insurgency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Expectations] Reference

The BBC even goes out of its way to antagonise its liberal supporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [House Points: Is the television licence fee doomed?] Reference

It would be crazy to antagonise the woman she'd travelled so far to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

She knew better than to antagonise the man before her when he was like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [faceless]

The top executive criminal, he wasn't going to antagonise anyone unnecessarily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear is the Key]

"That will only antagonise more people and will be in breach of international law.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Both reactions would, of course, antagonise my grandmother, only making her more paranoid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: This Was My Grandmother. The Way She Was Treated in the Last Ten Years of Her Life Should Be A Scandal] Reference

He didn't really mean to antagonise the local population and scare them into voting for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tory EU policy "a bloody mess" shock romp] Reference

What do I need to know while posting to ensure that I don't antagonise, insult or annoy anyone?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

A trial found that introducing airport-style checks would be impractical and antagonise the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Further delays to Longhorn could antagonise vendors keen to use it as an opportunity to sell new PCs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Longhorn: 2006] Reference

Sass on Tuesday also warned that Lekota's exercise could antagonise the command structures at SANDF bases.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Occasionally the police really needed the cooperation of the media and he was careful not to antagonise them.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Laughing Matter]

Even as she said it she was telling herself to shut up, not to antagonise him further, but she couldn't help it.    From Wordnik.com.  [faceless]

Moderation, it was assumed, would retain such goodwill and not antagonise those who could potentially be convinced.    From Wordnik.com.  [AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL 2005] Reference

Jose Manuel Barroso's desire for a second term prevents him from doing anything to antagonise the French government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

The idea was to antagonise pro-government Waziris and also to force them to migrate as had happened in case of Bajaur.    From Wordnik.com.  [remarkable disclosures regarding pakistan] Reference

If his remarks were made in Iraq, he would have to be very careful not to antagonise the regime for fear of reprisals.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

R. Livingston might drive him into a fierce retort, and that he would antagonise the convention if he did not also weary it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

They eradicate public sympathy for the students 'demands and antagonise the middle-ground which could otherwise have been won.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

Does Barney Ronay's lack of integrity mean that he has to write articles that are purely there to antagonise and attract comments?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Has Kenny Dalglish taken Liverpool as far as he can?| Barney Ronay] Reference

While I am encouraged that you took the effort, I hope it isn't your intent to simply antagonise people with your superior knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In?] Reference

The term "National Home" was a "euphemism" coined by the Zionists in order not to antagonise the Ottoman rulers of The Land of Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Delta before June 2, saying Numsa had no desire to antagonise the company, and would "take the issue forward" after meeting management.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The first post on each of Melanie's comments on Israel is very usually from someone with something to say that is designed to antagonise.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference