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| Main Entry: | compulsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driving, obsessive |
| Synonyms: | compelling, enthusiastic, irresistible, overwhelming, passionate, uncontrollable, urgent, besetting |
| 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: | free, independent, controlled, easy-going |
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| Main Entry: | neurotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally maladjusted |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anxious, basket case*, compulsive, deviant, disordered, disoriented, distraught, disturbed, erratic, hung up*, inhibited, manic, nervous, overwrought, unhealthy, unstable, upset, uptight, wired*, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, hysteric, nervous wreck, obsessive, psychoneurotic |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, stable, adjusted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | driven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compelled |
| Synonyms: | Type A*, ambitious, compulsive, directed, forced, induced, obsessed, possessed, consumed, galvanized, guided, herded, impelled, monomaniacal, motivated, pushed, steered, urged on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | coercion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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pungent, bold, coactive, coercive, compelled, compelling, compulsatory, compulsive, compulsory, dynamic, dynamical, elevated, eloquent, expostulatory, forceful, forcible, full of point, glowing, impassioned, impressive, incisive, ineluctable, inexorable, intercessory, irresistible, lively, lofty, mediatorial, nervous, obligatory, peremptory, petulant, piquant, pithy, poetic, pointed, powerful, protested, pulsive, racy, sensational, slashing, sparkling, spirited, stringent, sublime, trenchant, vehement, vigorous
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