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She goaded him into an argument.goaded = provoked (angered or annoyed)
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She used a stick to goad the cow towards the stall.goad = prod or poke
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She will not permit use of an electric goad on her cattle.goad = a rod or stick used to prod animals
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She tried to goad the candidate into saying something extreme.goad = provoke or encourage
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Why is he trying to goad me into giving up? (source)goad = provoke or encourage (someone to do something)
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His siblings would goad Lale into a fight, pointing out that their mother was already married. (source)goad = provoke (anger or annoy)
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Pst, pst, like a cat luring a mouse from its hole, they goad each other into quarrels and dissent. (source)goad = provoked (anger or annoy into taking action)
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I watched Stacey closely to see if he was going to allow himself to be goaded by T.J.; he was not. (source)goaded = provoked (angered or annoyed into taking action)
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I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and... (source)goading = provoking or encouraging
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"Too scared to fight?" she goads, lazily flicking a hand.† (source)goads = provokes or prods
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the keen spurrings and goadings to gain the top of the opposite hill;† (source)
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And on the other side the son of Peleus rushed to meet him like a lion, a ravaging lion whom men desire to slay, a whole tribe assembled: and first he goeth his way unheeding, but when some warrior youth hath smitten him with a spear, the he gathereth himself open-mouthed, and foam cometh forth about his teeth, and his stout spirit groaneth in his heart, and with his tail he scourgeth either side his ribs and flanks and goadeth himself on to fight, and glaring is borne straight on them by his passion, to try whether he shall slay some man of them, or whether himself shall perish in the forefront of the throng: thus was Achilles driven of his passion and valiant spirit to go forth to meet Ain† (source)standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She goadeth" in older English, today we say "She goads."
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Pick out a robe, most lovely and luxurious, most to your liking in the women's hall; place it upon Athena's knees; assure her a sacrifice of heifers, twelve young ones ungoaded ever in their lives, if in her mercy relenting toward our town, our wives and children, she keeps Diomedes out of holy Troy....He is a wild beast now in combat and pursuit.† (source)ungoaded = not provoked or proddedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in ungoaded means not and reverses the meaning of goaded. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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She liked to goad me into chasing her. (source)goad = tease or provoke (into doing something)
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The hostess goaded the crowd. (source)goaded = provoked (caused to take action)
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As they fought, the ground rumbled, and a monstrous voice chuckled somewhere beneath the earth, goading the animals to fight harder. (source)goading = provoking (getting them to)
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