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goaded

goad
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gohd]
    • /goʊd/
    • /ɡəʊd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gohd]
    • /goʊd/

Definitions of goaded word

  • noun goaded a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. 1
  • noun goaded anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick. 1
  • noun goaded something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. 1
  • verb with object goaded to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite. 1
  • noun goaded Simple past tense and past participle of goad. 1

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Origin of goaded

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English gode, Old English gād; compare Langobardic gaida spearhead

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Parts of speech for Goaded

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

goaded popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for goaded

adjective goaded

  • provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.

Antonyms for goaded

verb goaded

  • calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
  • aided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
  • blocked — If something is blocked or blocked up, it is completely closed so that nothing can get through it.
  • bored — If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do.
  • checked — Something that is checked has a pattern of small squares, usually of two colours.

noun goaded

  • disgusted — to cause loathing or nausea in.
  • disliked — Simple past tense and past participle of dislike.
  • hated — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.

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