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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driving, obsessive |
| Synonyms: | besetting, compelling, enthusiastic, irresistible, overwhelming, passionate, uncontrollable, urgent |
| Notes: | a compulsive eater is compelled by an exterior force to eat and eats constantly; an impulsive eater is impelled (has an impulse) to eat, occurring sporadically, and eats only from time to time |
| Antonyms: | controlled, easy-going, free, independent |
| Main Entry: | driven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compelled |
| Synonyms: | Type A, ambitious, compulsive, consumed, directed, forced, galvanized, guided, herded, impelled, induced, monomaniacal, motivated, obsessed, possessed, pushed, steered, urged on |
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