Unscramble forced

Definition of forced

adjective:

• produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating", "furnaces of the forced-convection type", "forced convection in plasma generators".
• forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor".
• made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing".
• lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile", "forced heartiness", "a strained smile". Synonyms: constrained, strained.

verb:

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :; "She forced him to take a job in the city", "He squeezed her for information". Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze.
• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. Synonyms: force, impel.
• move with force,; "He pushed the table into a corner". Synonyms: force, push. Antonyms: pull.
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him". Synonyms: force, thrust.
• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner". Synonyms: force, squeeze, wedge.
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus", "He drives me mad". Synonyms: drive, force, ram.
• cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon", "pull a sled". Synonyms: draw, force, pull. Antonyms: push.
• do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!". Synonyms: force.
• take by force; "Storm the fort". Synonyms: force, storm.

Related words

abduct, adduct, attract, bludgeon, cart, compact, compress, drag, dragoon, draw, drive, flick, hale, haul, impact, jam, jerk, jostle, nose, nudge, obtrude, pick, pluck, plunk, press, prod, pull, push, railroad, repel, repulse, sandbag, shove, squeeze, steamroll, steamroller, stick, sting, stretch, stuff, terrorise, terrorize, thrust, tip, toe, toenail, topple, tug, tumble, tweak, twitch, winch, yank.

Words nearby

force, forged, forked, formed.

Rhymes with

divorced, enforced, horst, reinforced, unenforced.