goaded

goad  (gd)

n.

1. A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.

2. An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.

tr.v. goad·ed, goad·ing, goads

To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.

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[Middle English gode, from Old English gd.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

goaded - compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" driven involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary - not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy