Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to goad
Participle: goaded
Gerund: goading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | goad |
| you | goad |
| he;she;it | goads |
| we | goad |
| you | goad |
| they | goad |
Perfect
| I | have goaded |
| you | have goaded |
| he;she;it | has goaded |
| we | have goaded |
| you | have goaded |
| they | have goaded |
Past
| I | goaded |
| you | goaded |
| he;she;it | goaded |
| we | goaded |
| you | goaded |
| they | goaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had goaded |
| you | had goaded |
| he;she;it | had goaded |
| we | had goaded |
| you | had goaded |
| they | had goaded |
Future
| I | will goad |
| you | will goad |
| he;she;it | will goad |
| we | will goad |
| you | will goad |
| they | will goad |
Future Perfect
| I | will have goaded |
| you | will have goaded |
| he;she;it | will have goaded |
| we | will have goaded |
| you | will have goaded |
| they | will have goaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | goad |
| you | goad |
| he;she;it | goad |
| we | goad |
| you | goad |
| they | goad |
Perfect
| I | have goaded |
| you | have goaded |
| he;she;it | have goaded |
| we | have goaded |
| you | have goaded |
| they | have goaded |
Imperfect
| I | goaded |
| you | goaded |
| he;she;it | goaded |
| we | goaded |
| you | goaded |
| they | goaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had goaded |
| you | had goaded |
| he;she;it | had goaded |
| we | had goaded |
| you | had goaded |
| they | had goaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would goad |
| you | would goad |
| he;she;it | would goad |
| we | would goad |
| you | would goad |
| they | would goad |
Perfect
| I | would have goaded |
| you | would have goaded |
| he;she;it | would have goaded |
| we | would have goaded |
| you | would have goaded |
| they | would have goaded |
Imperative
| you | goad |
| we | Let's goad |
| you | goad |
Verbs conjugated like 'goad'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'goad'
gad,
glad,
goal,
goam,
goat,
god,
gold,
good,
load,
toad,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
- prod
- spur, urge, prompt, needle, coerce, drive, bully, impel
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston. See: Sanskrit '
हिन्वति'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] with the noise of a hundred great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a monster goaded into madness, to be beaten down, and battered, and crushed, and leaped on by the angry sea—that thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce contention for the mastery—that every [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)