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compellent

compellent adjective: that compels.

Adjective

compellent (comparative more compellent, superlative most compellent)

  1. That compels.
    • Acquiescence to a compellent threat invites another demand […]1985, Thomas C. Schelling, Choice and Consequence, page 321

Forms of compellent

comparativemore compellent
superlativemost compellent

Questions about compellent

What does compellent mean?
Compellent means that compels.
What part of speech is compellent?
Compellent is an adjective.

Words near compellent in the dictionary

  1. compelled
  2. compelled speech
  3. compelled testimony
  4. compelledly
  5. compellence
  6. compellent
  7. compeller
  8. compellers
  9. compellest
  10. compelleth
  11. compelling

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