Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Goad \Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Goaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Goading}.]
   To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to
   rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming;
   to stimulate.

         That temptation that doth goad us on.    --Shak.

   Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite;
        instigate.

Source : WordNet®

goaded
     adj : compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by
           blind hatred" [syn: {driven}]