Thesaurus / goad
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synonyms for goad
- coerce
- harass
- hound
- prod
- provoke
- tease
- animate
- annoy
- arouse
- bully
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- force
- goose
- impel
- inspirit
- instigate
- irritate
- lash
- move
- needle
- press
- prick
- prompt
- propel
- push
- rowel
- sic
- sound
- spark
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- thrust
- trigger
- urge
- whip
- worry
- fire up
- key up
- put up to
- turn on
- work up
On this page you'll find 195 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to goad, such as: catalyst, compulsion, desire, drive, impetus, and impulse.
antonyms for goad
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- leave alone
- aid
- block
- bore
- calm
- check
- deaden
- depress
- discourage
- dissuade
- halt
- lull
- please
- praise
- prevent
- pull
- quiet
- repress
- soothe
- stop
- suppress
- surrender
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Thus began Johns’s career-long fascination with signs and symbols — not as a subject for representation, but as a goad to pure painting.
SEEING JASPER JOHNS: BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION REVEALS A BRILLIANT BUT BLEAK LEGACYPHILIP KENNICOTTSEPTEMBER 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe had no choice but to take up the goad and to do what he did.
DANIEL MENAKER, AUTHOR AND CELEBRATED EDITOR AT THE NEW YORKER AND RANDOM HOUSE, DIES AT 79HARRISON SMITHOCTOBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POSTEgypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSHe called to her, he rallied her; he signalled to Thyrsis to help him—to inspire her, to goad her to new endurance.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRThe mahout reached down with his silver tipped goad and touched the elephant on the knee.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYNHAROLD MACGRATHThe mahout, fully awake to the danger, beat the old rascal mightily with his goad.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYNHAROLD MACGRATHIn his hand he carried a long-handled ox-whip, with a short goad in the butt of it.
EARTH'S ENIGMASCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSHe did not understand that variety of feminine guile which seeks to goad to action one who refuses to be led.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYMost girls goad their young men to buy these cigarettes and make collections of the photos.
HYACINTHGEORGE A. BIRMINGHAMShamgar, we are told, one of the earliest of the Judges, slew six hundred of them "with an ox-goad."
EARLY ISRAEL AND THE SURROUNDING NATIONSARCHIBALD SAYCEWORDS RELATED TO GOAD
- acerbate
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- annoy
- antagonize
- arouse
- bait
- blow up
- boil
- boil over
- bristle
- burn
- burn up
- chafe
- craze
- cross
- displease
- egg on
- embitter
- enrage
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- excite
- fret
- gall
- get mad
- get on one's nerves
- goad
- incense
- inflame
- infuriate
- irritate
- lose one's temper
- madden
- make sore
- miff
- nettle
- offend
- outrage
- pique
- provoke
- raise hell
- rankle
- rant
- rave
- rile
- ruffle
- seethe
- steam up
- stew
- stir up
- tempt
- umbrage
- vex
- acerbating
- affronting
- aggravating
- agitating
- annoying
- antagonizing
- arousing
- baiting
- blowing up
- boiling
- boiling over
- bristling
- burning
- burning up
- chafing
- crazing
- crossing
- displeasing
- egg on
- embittering
- enraging
- exacerbating
- exasperating
- exciting
- fretting
- galling
- getting mad
- getting on one's nerves
- goading
- incensing
- inflaming
- infuriating
- irritating
- losing one's temper
- maddening
- making sore
- miffing
- nettling
- offending
- outraging
- piquing
- provoking
- raising hell
- rankling
- ranting
- raving
- riling
- ruffling
- seething
- steaming up
- stewing
- stirring up
- tempting
- umbraging
- vexing
- acerbates
- affronts
- aggravates
- agitates
- annoys
- antagonizes
- arouses
- baits
- blows up
- boils
- boils over
- bristles
- burns
- burns up
- chafes
- crazes
- crosses
- displeases
- egg on
- embitters
- enrages
- exacerbates
- exasperates
- excites
- frets
- galls
- gets mad
- gets on one's nerves
- goads
- incenses
- inflames
- infuriates
- irritates
- loses one's temper
- maddens
- makes sore
- miffs
- nettles
- offends
- outrages
- piques
- provokes
- raises hell
- rankles
- rants
- raves
- riles
- ruffles
- seethes
- steams up
- stews
- stirs up
- tempts
- umbrages
- vexes
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