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goaded

 
Adjective goaded has 1 sense
  1. driven, goaded - compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"
    Antonym: voluntary (indirect, via involuntary)
Verb goad has 4 senses
  1. spur, goad - give heart or courage to
    --1 is one way to encourage
    Derived form: noun goad2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. goad - urge with or as if with a goad
    --2 is one way to
    prod, incite, egg on
    Derived forms: noun goad2, noun goad1, noun goading1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. goad, prick - prod or urge as if with a log stick
    --3 is one way to stab, jab
    Derived form: noun goad1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
    --4 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
    Derived forms: noun goad2, noun goading1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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