'Goaded' definitions:
Definition of 'goaded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" [syn: driven, goaded]
Definition of 'Goaded'
From: 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]
Definition of 'goaded'
From: GCIDE
- goaded \goaded\ adj. compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by blind hatred.
- Syn: driven, forced. [WordNet 1.5]