forced

Meaning of forced

adjective
  1. obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power.
    there was no sign of a forced entry
  2. (of a gesture or expression) produced or maintained with effort; affected or unnatural.
    a forced smile
verb, past tense
  1. make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.
    the back door of the bank was forced
  2. make (someone) do something against their will.
    she was forced into early retirement
    the universities were forced to cut staff

Middle English: from Old French force (noun), forcer (verb), based on Latin fortis ‘strong’.

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Hyphenation of forced

forced

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • forced is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

forced synonyms

Meaning unexpected:

unexpected

Meaning constrained:

constrained, strained

Meaning caused by necessity or force; compulsory:

enforced

Meaning required by law or a rule; obligatory:

compulsory

Meaning required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory:

obligatory

Meaning required by law or mandate; compulsory:

mandatory

Meaning done against someone's will; compulsory:

involuntary

Meaning demand and obtain (something) from someone:

exacted

Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:

coerced, coerce

Meaning force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone:

imposed

Meaning ask authoritatively or brusquely:

demanded

Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:

compelled, compel

Meaning officially compulsory, or otherwise considered essential; indispensable:

required

Meaning made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations:

requisite

Meaning demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement:

stipulated

Meaning state or order authoritatively:

dictated

Meaning make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on:

ordained

Meaning (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing:

prescribed

Meaning make (something) necessary as a result or consequence:

necessitated, necessitate

Meaning not able to be avoided, prevented, or ignored; inevitable:

unavoidable

Meaning unable to be avoided or denied:

inescapable

Meaning affected or stilted:

unnatural

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected:

artificial

Meaning not according with truth or fact; incorrect:

false

Meaning simulated or pretended; insincere:

feigned

Meaning manufactured in imitation of some other material:

simulated

Meaning created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic:

contrived

Meaning (of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural:

stilted

Meaning made of wood:

wooden

Meaning (of a person or their manner) not relaxed or friendly; constrained:

stiff

Meaning (of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort:

studied

Meaning (of behaviour, art, or a literary style) marked by idiosyncratic or exaggerated mannerisms; artificial:

mannered

Meaning (of food) overcooked:

overdone

Meaning (of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength:

overworked

Meaning artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress:

affected

Meaning failing to impress:

unconvincing

Meaning not expressing genuine feelings:

insincere

Meaning having a hole or empty space inside:

hollow

Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:

phoney

Meaning not really what it is represented as being; imaginary:

pretend

Meaning not genuine; spurious or sham:

pseudo

Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:

blast

Meaning break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts:

crack

Meaning compel (someone) to do something:

make

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:

oblige

Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:

impel

Meaning (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate:

drive

Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:

pressurize, pressure

Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:

press

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:

browbeat

Meaning (of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition:

steamroller

Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):

bully

Meaning coerce (someone) into doing something:

dragoon

Meaning force or bully (someone) to do something:

bludgeon

Meaning create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror:

terrorize

Meaning be a threat or possible danger to:

menace

Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:

railroad

Meaning clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer:

bulldoze

forced antonyms

Meaning done, given, or acting of one's own free will:

voluntary

Meaning existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind:

natural

Words that rhyme with forced

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