Hypertext Webster Gateway: "goading"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
That temptation that doth goad us on. --Shak.
Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite;
instigate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
goading
n : a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: {goad},
{prod}, {prodding}, {urging}, {spur}, {spurring}]
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