What is another word for egged on?

“The nurse should be careful not to be too optimistic about his seeming spurt of energy, and should not egg him on into an ever-increasing cycle of activities.”

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Past tense for incite someone to do something, especially something bad

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

favoured^UK

favored^US

energized^US

energised^UK

acted as a incentive to

acted as a stimulus to

gave the incentive to

given the incentive to

mobilized^US

initialized^US

enabled

fired with enthusiasm

initialised^UK

mobilised^UK

took out of mothballs

taken out of mothballs

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Past tense for to advise earnestly

pressurised^UK

pressurized^US

counselled^UK

counseled^US

clamoured^UK

clamored^US

maneuvered^US

manoeuvred^UK

enquired^UK

asked authoritatively

asked forcefully

steamrollered into

twisted someone's arm

used strong-arm tactics on

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(rise to) Past tense for to react with annoyance or anger

Verb

Past tense for to irritate or upset, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

annoyed

harassed

aggravated

antagonised^UK

antagonized^US

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

rubbed up the wrong way

driven to distraction

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

gotten under your skin

got your goat

gave someone grief

given someone grief

gave someone the hump

given someone the hump

driven round the bend

drove round the twist

driven round the twist

gotten on your nerves

gave someone the pip

given someone the pip

put your back up

hit where one lives

rubbed the wrong way

made somebody's hackles rise

put out

raised your hackles

ruffled one's feathers

got up someone's nose

gotten up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

rattled someone's cage

hurt somebody's feelings

gotten on one's nerves

setted one's teeth on edge

rubbed you up the wrong way

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

sticked in one's craw

put someone off their stroke

gotten your hackles up

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

tried the patience of

agonized^US

victimized^US

breathed down someone's neck

criticised^UK

criticized^US

terrorized^US

made an enemy of somebody

victimised^UK

terrorised^UK

agonised^UK

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

made it hot for someone

disenchanted

messed with

made unhappy

made things hot for someone

pushed someon's buttons

abominated

resented

pushed the buttons of

made shudder

cloyed on

made somebody's blood boil

relucted

filled with loathing

singled out

caused someone to lose their composure

caused to feel nauseous

offended morals of

gnawed away at

made someone want to throw up

sticked the knife into

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

given the cold shoulder

gave a zinger

gave the cold shoulder

drove you to distraction

driven you to distraction

drove out of mind

drove you off your head

driven you round the twist

driven you out of your mind

drove you round the bend

drove you round the twist

driven you off your head

driven you round the bend

drove you out of your mind

driven out of mind

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Past tense for assist, help in wrongdoing

Verb

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Past tense for to promote or nurture the development of

Verb

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Past tense for to make worse or more severe

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