PRESSURED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

pressured

verb

past tense of pressure

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

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Recent Examples of pressured Macklemore previously alleged that Kraft pressured promoters to remove him from the tour. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026 Researchers have confirmed the cat only in Bolivia so far and warn its cloud-forest habitat, already pressured by deforestation and gold mining, needs protection. — Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Macklemore invited Robert Kraft, the owner of Gillette Stadium and the New England Patriots and the person who pressured Messina Tour Group to fire him, to match his donation. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 But from there, Miami's defense pressured Lopez in the end zone to draw a holding penalty for a safety. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 At the time, however, WWE allegedly pressured Tubi into canceling the deal, leveraging its relationship with Tubi-owner Fox — WWE’s SmackDown aired on the broadcast network back then. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Russia’s election managers have consistently used coercive tactics and pressured business and bureaucratic managers to ensure workers support the government. — Regina Smyth, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026 Mestemaker was pressured 17 times, third-most among Power 4 quarterbacks in Week 1. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026 OpenAI later issued a statement denying that any lawyers from the company had pressured the employees. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured

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The Wildcats had started the drive on the Colorado 44 after Michael Kilbane forced running back Micah Welch to fumble, and Fitzgerald recovered it.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The Knights were forced to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Stone, his third kick of the game.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal attorney, was the prosecution’s star witness but has since publicly stated that Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James coerced him into cooperating.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

Yes, Sarkisian is contractually obligated to perform this duty — TV deals help fund his $11 million salary — as required by his conference’s multibillion-dollar media agreements with the networks that broadcast its games.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
She was not obligated to be so open, but her humility unlocked me.

— David Elkowitz, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of obligated

Verb

The new owner obliged, as Soyka at the time, eyes filled with tears, discussed the turnover of Soyka in late 2018 to what became the now closed Latin American restaurant Chica.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Winters was obliged to apologize, pointing out that Standard Chartered was investing heavily in retraining teams.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026