compelling

[ kuhm-pel-ing ]

/ kəmˈpɛl ɪŋ /

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adjective

tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.

having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect: a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.

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Origin of compelling

First recorded in 1490–1500; compel + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM compelling

un·com·pel·ling, adjective

Words nearby compelling

Compazine, compd., compeer, compel, compellation, compelling, compendious, compendium, compensable, compensate, compensated acidosis

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Example sentences from the Web for compelling

In terms of founder characteristics, in my opinion, the best founders will be mission driven, able to tell a compelling story, and motivate others to join them.
Does early-stage health tech need more ‘patient’ capital?|Steve O'Hear|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
Joe Jackman, CEO of Jackman said that for leaders, the key to successful reinvention is being able to make a clear, compelling case for change.
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What this means, at least in the abstract, is that marketers still might be able to reach or access the data of roughly 60% of iPhone owners if their opt-in pitches are compelling.
Apple IDFA consent: Roughly 60% of consumers open to allowing tracking|Greg Sterling|September 11, 2020|Search Engine Land
To imagine a world so compelling you don’t want to wake up—not until the dreamworld becomes reality.
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That was a story that really caught our eye, so we went down to Kansas City to meet some of these women, and their stories were very, very compelling.
“People want to believe”: How Love Fraud builds an absorbing docuseries around a romantic con man|Alissa Wilkinson|September 4, 2020|Vox
I think a certain kind of compelling essay has a piece of that.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And some of the most compelling statements came from a powerful, crucial set of equality allies: corporations.
Corporations Are No Longer Silent on LGBT Issues||December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Thursday, Detective Superintendent McDonald described his account as “harrowing” and compelling.
Victim: I Watched British MPs Rape and Murder Young Boys|Nico Hines|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And those moments of full control are among the least compelling.
‘Game of Thrones’ Interactive FanFiction: Whoops, My Friend Was Speared in the Throat|Alec Kubas-Meyer|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In cellars near the river the tide rose and fell, compelling the tenants "to keep the children in bed till ebb-tide."
The Battle with the Slum|Jacob A. Riis.
These demonstrations were made for the twofold object of harassing the enemy and compelling him to disclose his dispositions.
The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I|Herbert Brayley Collett
Take these cities separately and their personality becomes the more pertinent and compelling.
The Personality of American Cities|Edward Hungerford
Canon Law gave to the husband the power of compelling the wifes return if, for any cause, she left him.
Woman, Church & State|Matilda Joslyn Gage
He was a tawny giant, exuding a force and virility and a compelling magnetism that gripped one instantly.
Square Deal Sanderson|Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for compelling

compelling

/ (kəmˈpɛlɪŋ) /

adjective

arousing or denoting strong interest, esp admiring interest

(of an argument, evidence, etc) convincing

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