GOAD


Meaning of GOAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ goʊd ]

( goads, goading, goaded)

If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.

He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response...

Charles was always goading me.

VERB : V n into n / -ing , V n

Goad is also a noun.

His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.

N-COUNT

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