PUSHED AROUND Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

pushed around

verb

past tense of push around

as in forced

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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

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

Definition of obliged

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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

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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

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The world harvests about 4 billion cubic meters of wood each year, and demand is projected to approach 6 billion by 2050, but supply is already constrained.

— Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Kwon adds that webcomic and webnovel creators bring valuable creative freedom because they are not constrained by the conventions of TV storytelling.

— Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of constrained

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In the 1994 midterms, when Bill Clinton’s presidency was bludgeoned half to death by the Newt Gingrich revolution, The New Yorker’s Michael Kelly described the punch-drunk shock inside the White House.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Still, some market participants see reason for hope in a market bludgeoned this year over worries about rising prices, tensions in the Middle East and stiff competition from artificial intelligence hyperscalers flooding the market with debt.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bludgeoned

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