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 As a result, they’re pressured to either increase prices or slash inventory and give consumers fewer choices. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, who had 19 saves for his third shutout in his last six starts, wasn’t pressured often, and the few shots that did fly his way missed the net. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The administration has also intermittently pressured Ukraine to cave in its war of survival against Russian aggression. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 Global smartphone shipments during the third quarter fell to their lowest level in 14 years, as a memory chip supply crunch pressured manufacturers to raise prices. — semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Former Cornell student Jane Doe, who filed a civil lawsuit in September 2026 alleging that seven fraternity members raped her at a party, said the young men who assaulted her pressured her into taking the drug ketamine. — Christopher P. Holstege, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … NAKED TRUTH — Oscar nominee admits feeling pressured into nudity at 19 to protect her job. — FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Many times the victims were pressured to send money and promised massive returns. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026 Its subsidiary, Avologi, manufactures many of the red-light therapy devices that customers reported being pressured to buy inside stores contracted with Mazal Group. — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured

Verb

In the southern port city of Marseille, some shops and a municipal police station were damaged, while protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Performers weren’t spared either, with several forced to perform in the rain without covering for both artists and their equipment.

— Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

Her mother, Betsy Lopez, spoke to CBS News Sacramento in June and said she was compelled to advocate for safer streets after her daughter's death.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
To read even a downmarket newspaper, especially one from the mid-twentieth century before newspapers were compelled to compete with TV, is often to be surprised at the serious-mindedness of its journalism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of compelled

Verb

Doe alleges in her lawsuit that she was coerced into using drugs before the assault.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
They were coerced into signing a non-disclosure agreement that prevented them from ever exposing the details of what happened, and at whose hands.

— Gretchen Carlson, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

The mayor’s decision to stop her, the judge found, violated constitutional protections that government officials were already obligated to respect.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
The foreign customer is funding the entire amount, with the money obligated at the time of the award.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of obligated

Verb

That should come as no surprise; NASA is, after all, part of the executive branch, and the agency is obliged to abide by executive orders.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
On his way out, Council obliged Stokes’ request and let out a few barks of his own.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026