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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forcible |
| Synonyms: | bullying, forced, forceful, intimidating, violent |
| Main Entry: | forced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compulsory, strained |
| Synonyms: | affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, slave, stiff, stringent, unnatural, unwilling, wooden |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | forcible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful, aggressive |
| Synonyms: | active, armed, assertive, coercive, cogent, compelling, compulsory, drastic, effective, efficient, energetic, forceful, impressive, intense, mighty, militant, persuasive, potent, puissant, strong, telling, valid, vehement, vigorous, violent, weighty |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | nonaggressive, weak |
| Main Entry: | obligatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | essential, required |
| Synonyms: | binding, coercive, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, enforced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, requisite, unavoidable |
| Antonyms: | nonessential, optional, unrequired, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | violent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive |
| Synonyms: | agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, coercive, crazy, cruel, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal, hotheaded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maddened, maniacal, mighty, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, raging, riotous, rough, savage, strong, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vicious, wild |
| Antonyms: | gentle, passive, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | violent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, extreme |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, biting, blustery, coercive, concentrated, devastating, excruciating, exquisite, forceful, forcible, gale force, great, harsh, immoderate, inordinate, intense, mighty, outrageous, painful, potent, powerful, raging, rough, ruinous, sharp, strong, tempestuous, terrible, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, gentle, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | heavy-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strict |
| Synonyms: | coercive, cruel, harsh, oppressive, severe |
| Main Entry: | restraining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controlling |
| Synonyms: | coercive, constraining, forbidding, governing, prohibiting, restrictive |
| Main Entry: | compelling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresistible |
| Synonyms: | coercive, compulsory, constraining, fascinating, forcible, imperative |
| Antonyms: | discretional, elective, optional |
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