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pressured

pressured is the simple past and past participle of pressure.

Meaning of pressure

Verb

pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)

  1. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
    • Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.

See all 8 meanings of pressure

Forms of pressured

comparativemore pressured
superlativemost pressured

Words formed from pressured

Phrases with pressured

Questions about pressured

What is pressured the simple past and past participle of?
Pressured is the simple past and past participle of pressure.

Words near pressured in the dictionary

  1. pressure-washed
  2. pressure-washer
  3. pressure-washers
  4. pressure-washes
  5. pressure-washing
  6. pressured
  7. pressured speech
  8. pressureless
  9. pressurelessness
  10. pressuremeter
  11. pressuremeters

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