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[ fawrst, fohrst ] / fɔrst, foʊrst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR forced ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveenforced or compulsory: forced labor. strained, unnatural, or affected: a forced smile. subjected to force. required by circumstances; emergency: a forced landing of an airplane. Origin of forcedFirst recorded in 1540–50; force + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM forcedforc·ed·ly [fawr-sid-lee, fohr-], /ˈfɔr sɪd li, ˈfoʊr-/, adverbforc·ed·ness, nounquasi-forced, adjectiveun·forced, adjective un·forc·ed·ly, adverb Words nearby forcedForbush decrease, forby, force, force carrier, force cup, forced, forced alimentation, forced beat, forced development, forced-draft, force de frappe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for forcedA spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain. Britain May Spy on Preschoolers Searching for Potential Jihadis|Nico Hines|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST One is forced to ask, what on earth was Andrew doing hanging out with scantily clad teenagers? Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST However, intellectual honesty is the first thing to go when you are forced to constantly pander to your base. Rush Limbaugh’s Fear of a Black James Bond|Dean Obeidallah|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST And the more she is forced to recount, the more her grasp of reality slips, or heightens, depending on your point of view. A Novel Nearly Impossible to Review|Nicholas Mancusi|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Better to be a beggar in freedom,” he cried out, “than to be forced into compromises against my conscience. The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST One mile from New Harmony, we were forced to alight from the carriage, as the horses would not draw us up a steep hill. Travels Through North America, v. 1-2|Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach Arnold forced himself to accept the suggestion with some appearance of pleasure. The Lighted Way|E. Phillips Oppenheim She would be forced to go to the Double R now, there was nothing else that she could do. The Trail to Yesterday|Charles Alden Seltzer I was so grateful that I was forced to go and sit down on the rug beside her. The Return of the Soldier|Rebecca West Remarks of this kind I do not make from choice; they are forced upon me. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine|George Forrest Browne
British Dictionary definitions for forced
adjectivedone because of force; compulsoryforced labour false or unnaturala forced smile due to an emergency or necessitya forced landing physics caused by an external agencya forced vibration; a forced draught Derived forms of forcedforcedly (ˈfɔːsɪdlɪ), adverbforcedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to forcedcontrived, enforced, mandatory, involuntary, unwilling, compelled, affected, binding, bound, labored, slave, constrained, coerced, begrudging, grudging, conscripted, artificial, factitious, inflexible, insincere |