antagonist
/ænˈtæɡənɪst/ nom C1En français : antagoniste
- An opponent or enemy.
- One who antagonizes or stirs.
- A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of other agonist chemicals, such as endogenous chemical messengers.
- The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
- A muscle that acts in opposition to another. · A flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.
Pluriel antagonists
Dans la bibliothèque
There were no signs of a struggle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have wounded an antagonist.
You know my powers, my dear Watson, and yet at the end of three months I was forced to confess that I had at last met an antagonist who was my intellectual equal.
“An outspoken, honest antagonist is the doctor,” said Holmes.
Bennet, he offered himself as his antagonist at backgammon.
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