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egged

The word “egged” has 1 syllable: egged

It's pronounced as /ɛɡd/

What is synonym and antonym for egged?

In the thesaurus, “egged” has 18 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for egged along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for egged

  • drove
  • exhorted
  • flogged
  • goaded
  • herded
  • hounded
  • pressed
  • pricked
  • prodded
  • prompted
  • punched
  • ran
  • run
  • scourged
  • shepherded
  • spurred
  • whipped
  • wrangled

Meanings of egged

  • verb
    1. To throw eggs at.
    2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
    3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
    4. To encourage, incite.

Example Sentences

  • Egged on by his friends, he attempted the daring stunt.
  • The crowd egged the performers on with cheers and applause.
  • His mischievous grin hinted that he had egged his sister on to play a prank.
  • The team captain's motivational speech egged the players on to give their best effort.
  • The protestors felt empowered as they egged each other on to demand change.

On this page you'll find 18 synonyms or another words to egged, such as: drove, exhorted, flogged, goaded, herded, hounded, pressed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • Milquetoast
  • affronted
  • afraid
  • aggravated
  • agitated
  • ambivalent
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonized
  • apprehensive
  • ate
  • baited
  • ballyragged
  • bashful
  • bearish
  • bedeviled
  • bilious
  • bothered
  • bristly
  • browbeaten
  • bugged
  • bullied
  • bullyragged
  • cantankerous
  • capricious
  • chafed
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • cowering
  • coy
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • daunted
  • demure
  • deviled
  • devilled
  • diffident
  • disapproving
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • displeased
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dyspeptic
  • egged
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exhorted
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • fretful
  • fretted
  • frightened
  • frosted
  • frustrated
  • fussy
  • galled
  • gentle
  • goaded
  • got
  • grated
  • griped
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • haggled
  • hagrode
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • having cold feet
  • heckled
  • hounded
  • huffy
  • humble
  • ill-humored
  • incensed
  • incited
  • inconvenienced
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • insisted
  • insulted
  • intimidated
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irresolute
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • itched
  • mad
  • maddened
  • miffed
  • modest
  • mousy
  • nagged
  • narked
  • nervous
  • nettled
  • offended
  • outraged
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • petulant
  • pinpricked
  • piqued
  • plagued
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • prodded
  • prompted
  • provoked
  • pushed
  • pusillanimous
  • put out
  • rankled
  • rasped
  • resentful
  • retiring
  • riled
  • roiled
  • roused
  • ruffled
  • scunnered
  • shaky
  • shirty
  • shrinking
  • snappish
  • snuffy
  • soft
  • sore
  • spineless
  • spiritless
  • spited
  • spurred
  • steaming
  • submissive
  • teased
  • teed off
  • tested
  • testy
  • timorous
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • touchy
  • trembling
  • tried
  • troubled
  • unassertive
  • unassured
  • undid
  • unhinged
  • unnerved
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • urged
  • vacillating
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weak
  • worried
  • yellow

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