goaded

Verb

• give heart or courage to
• urge with or as if with a goad
• stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
• goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
• simple past and past participle of goad

Adjective Satellite

• compelled forcibly by an outside agency
  • "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

Synonyms

driven, goad, needle, prick, spur