Thesaurus / goad
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synonyms for goad
- prod
- tease
- coerce
- harass
- hound
- provoke
- force
- propel
- move
- sting
- thrust
- arouse
- prompt
- animate
- whip
- exhort
- irritate
- sound
- encourage
- trigger
- worry
- instigate
- urge
- prick
- bully
- needle
- excite
- lash
- inspirit
- press
- spark
- spur
- annoy
- drive
- impel
- push
- stimulate
- turn on
- work up
- goose
- sic
- rowel
- fire up
- key up
- put up to
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antonyms for goad
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- check
- depress
- please
- halt
- bore
- pull
- discourage
- stop
- leave alone
- suppress
- repress
- praise
- block
- soothe
- aid
- deaden
- prevent
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- dissuade
- surrender
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How to use goad in a sentence
He 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 SAYCEThis they said, thinking to goad the giants on to the labor of bringing the mountain-top to the desired place.
LAOS FOLK-LORE OF FARTHER INDIAKATHERINE NEVILLE FLEESONWORDS 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.