compelled

Definitions

Forced or driven to a particular course of action.

Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerful or irresistible way.

Examples

I felt compelled to apologize for my earlier behavior.

The evidence was so overwhelming that the jury felt compelled to reach a guilty verdict.

Synonyms

forced obliged impelled driven coerced constrained necessitated

Antonyms

unforced voluntary optional free unconstrained disinclined uncompelled