goad
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7.4
- noun
- /ɡoʊd/
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estímulo
- The title was premature then, and it may be so today, but as a goad to further research, it served its purpose: few people writing the social or cultural history of the modern era since that book have ignored the role of consumerism as a shaping force.
- goad to action
So it was just a little goad good order and discipline.
- So it was just a little goad good order and discipline.
Examples
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For a society based on the goad of success in the social hierarchy, such sins of transgression are ever before it and must be continually rejected.
Academic text (1995) -
Her encouraging words were a powerful goad that pushed him to pursue his dreams.
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I use curation as a goad for creation.
Blog text (27) -
A bit of contrarian text is a good goad to clarity.
Blog text (4) -
The recognition of the power of the past should not be a counsel of passivity; on the contrary, it should be a goad to action.
Academic text (1998) -
For some reason, that odd quasi-encounter at midnight was the goad I'd been lacking to come up with a strategy.
Fiction book (1999) -
The fear that is not overwhelming (or paralyzing) is a prompt or a goad to action.
Academic text (1995) -
The depressing results of following these three false assumptions are an urgent goad to recast Western post-Cold War foreign policy.
Academic text (1999) -
In promoting Holocaust remembrance as an ethical goad in the present and a dire warning for the future, Wiesel has produced a consistent discourse of sacred memory that has gone from the periphery of American culture to its very center.
Academic text (1998) -
The teacher used the promise of a reward as a goad to motivate her students to study harder.
Synonyms
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7.2
An action or comment that makes someone react, often making them angry
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3.9
A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act
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4.1
A short comment that encourages someone to do something
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4.1
Encouragement from someone who keeps asking you to do something
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6.3
Something that makes someone want to do something
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4.4
A small push or reminder that makes someone start doing something
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7.0
An act of trying to make someone do something by teasing or urging them again and again
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3.8
Encouraging someone to do something by suggesting it
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8.6
An action or speech that urges people to do something, often in a harmful way
Words from a coach or friend that encourage someone to try something
Helping someone want to do something by giving reasons or rewards
Getting information or a reaction from people by asking questions
Antonyms
How Provocative
- NSFW
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8.1
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7.2
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7.4
- Specialized
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3.4
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3.9
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1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Goad comes from the idea of a pointed stick, the old English gād that was used to prod animals. A helpful way to remember the noun goad is to think of a small push: it can be a remark or incentive that 'urges' someone to act.