Associations to the word «Compelling»

Wiktionary

COMPELLING, verb. Present participle of compel
COMPELLING, adjective. Requiring urgent attention.
COMPELLING, adjective. Forceful.

Dictionary definition

COMPELLING, adjective. Driving or forcing; "compelling ambition".
COMPELLING, adjective. Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and compelling evidence".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats