Goaded (Adjective)
Meaning
Compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- They were goaded by the inflammatory rhetoric of their leader into committing acts of violence.
- She felt goaded by her boss's constant criticism into quitting her job.
- The crowd was goaded by the hot summer weather and the lack of refreshments into becoming increasingly restless.
- He was goaded by his peers into participating in the reckless behavior he otherwise would have avoided.
- The protesters were goaded by the police's aggressive tactics into becoming more confrontational.