antagonizing

adj

1. Tending to antagonize.

   “In other words, agents are more persuaded by anti-establishment frames when the establishment is both more antagonizing and more resistant to change.”

   “He had a kind of pugnacity about him that could be very antagonizing.”

   “The actions of such group or movement become more and more antagonizing to actions of other groups or movements over time.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of antagonize