Goaded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Goad \Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Goaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Goading}.]
     To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to
     rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming;
     to stimulate.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           That temptation that doth goad us on.    --Shak.
  
     Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite;
          instigate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  goaded \goaded\ adj.
     compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by
     blind hatred.
  
     Syn: driven, forced.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  goaded
       adj : compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by
             blind hatred" [syn: {driven}]