compelling

adj.

1. Urgently requiring attention: a host of compelling socioeconomic problems.
2. Drivingly forceful: compelling ambition and egotism.

adj

Definition: convincing
Antonyms: weak

adj

Definition: enthralling
Antonyms: boring

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IN BRIEF: To move someone to act.

The defendant's plea was very compelling to the judge.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: driving or forcing

Meaning #2: tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tvingende, overbevisende, magtfuld, som kræver undersøgelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
meeslepend

Français (French)
adj. - irrésistible, prenant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zwingend, bezwingend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιβλητικός, συναρπαστικός, ακαταμάχητος, επιτακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
convincente, appassionante, entusiasmante, determinante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - constrangedor

Русский (Russian)
захватывающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apremiante, obligatorio, irresistible, fuerte

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tvingande, auktoritativ, som kräver undersökning, fängslande, övertygande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
强制的, 令人注目的, 强迫性的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 強制的, 令人注目的, 強迫性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 강제적인, 감탄하지 않을 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 強制的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) اضطراري, قهري, مفحم, مقنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרתק, מאלץ‬

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