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impelling

verb , present participle of impel

Synonyms and Antonyms of impelling

1 to set or keep in motion

gasoline impels a car's engine

Synonyms of impelling

actuating, driving, moving, propelling, working

Words Related to impelling

activating, motivating, provoking

abetting, fermenting, fomenting, inciting, raising, stirring (up), whipping (up)

setting off, triggering, tripping

arousing, exciting, firing (up), galvanizing, inflaming (also enflaming), inspiring, instigating, rousing, stimulating

Near Antonyms of impelling

bridling, checking, constraining, containing, controlling, curbing, inhibiting, regulating, reining (in), restraining

2 to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be

Synonyms of impelling

blackjacking, coercing, compelling, constraining, dragooning, driving, forcing, impressing, making, muscling, obligating, obliging, pressing, pressuring, sandbagging

Words Related to impelling

browbeating, bulldozing, bullying, cowing, hectoring, intimidating

blackmailing, high-pressuring, menacing, shaming, terrorizing, threatening

badgering, harassing, hounding

Phrases Synonymous with impelling

twisting one's arm

Near Antonyms of impelling

allowing, letting, permitting

arguing, convincing, inducing, moving, persuading, prevailing (on or upon), satisfying, talking (into), winning (over)

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