Word of the Week: Oppugnant

Don't get antagonistic if you know it.

The archaic word of the week is Oppugnant. It means Hostile, Opposing, and Antagonistic.

Here, it is used in three sentences:

“Todd was so oppugnant to mornings that he seriously considered lobbying for noon as the legal start of the day.”

“Hank’s oppugnant stance on birthday parties remained a mystery—until the clown incident of ’09, after which no one dared question it.”

“Rachel’s oppugnant attitude toward automated customer service only intensified after an hour of shouting ‘representative’ into the abyss.”

You get the point.

So, don’t be unnecessarily oppugnant today.

Come to think of it, I need to work on that, too.