goads
A goad is something someone does deliberately which makes you feel angry or irritated, often causing you to react by doing something.
Her presence was just one more goad to Joanna's unravelling nerves.
她的出现只是对乔安娜几近崩溃的神经的又一次刺激。
goads , goading , goaded
If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.
Charles was always goading me.
查尔斯老是招惹我。