compelled
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- //kəmˈpɛld//
Driven; forced.
adjective
- 1
Driven; forced.
I do believe state policymakers are very compelled to address those early years.
I was very compelled by the experience of watching Hamlet and the opening scene that has the ghost of his father on the parapet saying, “Revenge my death.”
I was the only one who was in a position to do it, and I felt very compelled to do so.
verb
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Also a form of compelsimple past and past participle of compel
Forms
- comparative
- more compelled
- superlative
- most compelled