goaded

goad /goud/
  • danh từ
    • gậy nhọn (để thúc trâu bò...)
    • cái kích thích, điều thúc giục
    • điều dằn vặt, điều rầy khổ
    • ngoại động từ
      • thúc (trâu, bò) bằng gậy nhọn
      • kích thích, thúc giục
        • to goad somebody into doing something: thúc giục ai làm việc gì
      • trêu tức, làm phát cáu; dằn vặt, rầy khổ

    Xem thêm: driven, prod, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring, spur, prick, needle



    goaded

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • compelled forcibly by an outside agency; driven

      mobs goaded by blind hatred

      n.

    • a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion; prod
    • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring

      the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves

      v.

    • give heart or courage to; spur
    • urge with or as if with a goad
    • stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick; prick
    • goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; needle

      He needled her with his sarcastic remarks

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    goads|goaded|goading
    syn.: drive incite poke prick push shove spur urge