egged

verb

past tense of egg
as in spurred

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egged
  1. spurred
  2. goaded
  3. prodded
  4. prompted
  5. whipped
  6. hounded
  7. exhorted
  8. pressed
Verb
  • The drop was spurred on by the energy shock triggered by the Iran war and the expansion of wind and solar power adoption globally.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The insurance industry’s crash tests have spurred automakers to build safer vehicles, beyond what federal rules require.
    — Jessica Fishman, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of spurred
Verb
  • Garrett, the best defensive player of the post-Aaron Donald era, fittingly goaded the legend out of retirement.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Or Pablo Picasso, goaded into radicalism by the latest bizarre creations of Matisse, retreating to the Spanish mountain village of Gósol and, mere months later, beginning work on his proto-cubist masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of goaded
Verb
  • Miller had to be prodded Monday morning to catch the bus back to the team hotel.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Even the process by which animals are herded onto the trucks is often highly stressful, with frightened animals pushed, prodded, pulled, and otherwise handled roughly.
    — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of prodded
Verb
  • Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) prompted the renaissance of a city once considered a cultural wasteland.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • But political unrest in the region prompted his parents to send him and his older brother unaccompanied to live with an aunt and uncle in Tacoma, Washington, Huang has explained in multiple interviews and speeches.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of prompted
Verb
  • Now comes Denver, which whipped the Panthers in Super Bowl 50 because Carolina couldn’t handle the Broncos’ pass rush.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Falcons’ starting quarterback twirled a black string around his finger, then violently whipped it down after his first interception.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Hill expresses, in earnest, the fears of being seen in public spaces, such as a grocery store, hounded by personal questions—an all-too relatable scenario, regardless of one’s background.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There were also social-media groups that hounded commissioners and sought to sink the hunt.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of hounded
Verb
  • The ringleader of it all was a 22-year-old rookie who hugged and high-fived his new fans and exhorted them to get louder.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At Sunday's service, the first since the expiry of TPS protections, Toussaint exhorted his congregants to persevere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhorted
Verb
  • The appeals judges pressed both sides about the matter and the specifics of Hicks' testimony.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Democrats have pressed the White House for months on the legality of its intervention in Venezuela's oil sector and its cancellation of renewable energy projects funded by the Biden administration.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of pressed
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“Egged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egged. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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