compelling (See compel)
ling adj
Dictionary Definition
1 driving or forcing; "compelling ambition"
2 tending to persuade by forcefulness of
argument; "new and compelling evidence"compel
Verb
1 force or compel somebody to do something; "We
compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: oblige, obligate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
compelling- present participle of compel
Adjective
Translations
requiring urgent attention
- Finnish: pakottava
- German: zwingend
forceful
- Finnish: vangitseva, vastustamaton, mukaansatempaava
- German: überwältigend, unwiderstehlich, fesselnd
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
actuating, acute, animating, causal, causative, clamorous, coactive, compulsive, compulsory, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictating, directive, driving, exigent, gripping, high-pressure,
high-priority, holding,
impelling, imperative, imperious, impulsive, inducive, insistent, instant, instructive, irresistible, jussive, mandating, motivating, motivational, motive, moving, obligating, obsessing, obsessional, obsessive, peremptory, pivotal, possessing, preceptive, preoccupying, prescriptive, pressing, restraining, urgent