goad
verbTo provoke or urge someone into action.
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Clear all filtersTo provoke or urge someone into action.
To overcharge or extract an excessive price.
Showing kindness, courtesy, and generous consideration for others.
Pleasure or satisfaction from fulfilling a desire.
Relating to the sense of touch.
Reluctance or delay in acting because of doubt or uncertainty.
Reluctance or uncertainty
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Strong ill will, antagonism, or active opposition.
Acting contrary to professed beliefs while presenting oneself as principled.
One word family: also includes hypocrisy.
Contradicting professed principles
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Proposed for consideration without being established as fact.
Distinctive of a particular person or thing, often in an unusual way.
One word family: also includes idiosyncrasy.
Distinctive to an individual
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To drive or strongly urge someone or something toward action.
Acting hastily on impulse without enough consideration.
To put a plan, decision, or method into effect.
A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.
Suggested meaning
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Acting on a sudden urge without much prior consideration.
To attribute a quality, action, or fault to someone.
Made unable to function or act normally.
Something that encourages or motivates action.
To stir someone to action or provoke a strong response.
Stir to action
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Unpleasantly harsh, especially of weather.
A tendency, preference, or disposition toward a particular action or view.
Having a tendency or willingness to think or act in a particular way.
Showing too little concern for the needs, rights, or feelings of others.
Without concern for others
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Difficulty choosing between possible actions or alternatives.
Difficulty choosing
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