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 Osborne was harried, sacked three times, and was perhaps pressured into some bad throws by Belichick’s schemes. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 Goff completed 17 of 25 passes while being sacked three times as Miami's defense pressured him throughout. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026 Young, having been pressured all year, takes the blame for not having awareness of Bonitto. — Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2026 Miller was 3 of 10 from the field with eight points before departing and appeared frustrated at times in the first half as Boston pressured him relentlessly. — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 Had Patrick let the facts and evidence speak and not pressured GOP state senators to vote to acquit Paxton, the party could have put him in the rear-view mirror. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026 Funny, because the Broncos sacked Trevor Lawrence five times that day and pressured him on nearly half his drop-backs. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026 The industry is pressured by competitiveness, while Made in Italy seems no longer a byword for responsibility, as labor abuse cases have rocked the industry and shaken its reputation. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 Thirty percent of our survey respondents reported that students pressured them for a better grade. — Jason Walker, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2026

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Verb

Surveillance video showed Singh being forced into a white SUV by three men, officials said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Jayhawks’ defense forces early UCF turnover The Jayhawks’ defense forced a pivotal turnover on UCF’s first play from scrimmage.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

The war has also compelled US tech companies and Gulf countries to accelerate efforts to develop alternative cable routes bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Maybe the running back is compelled to chip Nik Bonitto on the edge instead of Allen inside.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of compelled

Verb

He was acquitted at a 2019 retrial, where one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their earlier statements implicating him had been coerced by a then-homicide detective.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
But if one spouse was coerced into participating or the arbitrator exceeded the authority the couple had agreed to give them, a court could set the decision aside.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

The book was going into production the next month and I was obligated to submit the artwork within three or at most four weeks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
In keeping with those practices, Kansas is not obligated to play a return game at the Blue Raiders’ 11,500-seat Murphy Center.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of obligated

Verb

Many obliged, joining their leader to shimmy to Selena and other SoCal favorites.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
To such the State renders comparatively small service, and a slight tax is wont to appear exorbitant, particularly if they are obliged to earn it by special labor with their hands.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026