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past participle of compel.
past tense form of compel.

Definitions

compelled

[kuhm-peld] / kəmˈpɛld /

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answerable adj.
bound adj.
destined adj.
enforced adj.
forced adj.
managed adj.
obligated adj.
obliged adj.
responsible adj.
unwilling adj.

ADJECTIVE

answerable

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accountable amenable liable obligated obliged

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bound chargeable constrained subject to blame

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irresponsible unaccountable

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irrefutable unprovable

ADJECTIVE

bound

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constrained enslaved obligated restrained

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apprenticed articled bent coerced contracted doomed driven fated firm forced impelled indentured intent made necessitated obliged pledged pressed required urged

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bounden certain duty-bound having no alternative sure under compulsion under necessity

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irresolute

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allowed free permitted unbounded unobliged unrestricted

ADJECTIVE

destined

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coming designed doomed intended

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brewing closed condemned directed foreordained impending looming meant menacing near ordained overhanging predestined predetermined sealed settled stated threatening

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at hand certain compulsory forthcoming hanging over in prospect in store in the cards in the wind ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable instant predesigned que sera sera that is to be that will be to come unavoidable way the ball bounces

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distant remote unsettled

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avoidable unscheduled

ADJECTIVE

enforced

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imposed prescribed required sanctioned

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advocated charged constrained demanded dictated enjoined established exacted executed invoked kept ordained pressed

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carried out forced upon prevalent

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forced

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contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling

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affected begrudging binding bound coerced conscripted constrained grudging labored slave

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artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden

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voluntary

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noncompulsory spontaneous unforced

ADJECTIVE

managed

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controlled regulated supervised

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commanded directed dominated mastered ordered piloted ruled run swayed

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free undisciplined uneducated ungoverned unsupervised wild

ADJECTIVE

obligated

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duty-bound enslaved indebted obliged

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committed contracted forced indentured pledged required tied urged

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bounden called by duty under obligation

ADJECTIVE

obliged

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duty-bound enslaved indebted obligated

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committed contracted forced indentured pledged required tied urged

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bounden called by duty under obligation

ADJECTIVE

responsible

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answerable culpable guilty liable pledged subject

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at fault at the helm authoritative bonded bound bound to carrying the load censurable chargeable constrained contracted decision-making devolving on duty-bound engaged executive exposed fettered hampered held high in authority in control incumbent minding the store obligated obliged on the hook open susceptive sworn to tied to blame under contract under obligation

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innocent right unaccountable

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excused exempt free immature immune irresponsible untrustworthy

ADJECTIVE

unwilling

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afraid averse evasive forced loath reluctant resistant unenthusiastic

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against against the grain backward begrudging contrary demurring disinclined disobliging grudging hesitating indisposed indocile involuntary laggard malcontent opposed recalcitrant refractory remiss shrinking shy slack slow unaccommodating uncheerful uncooperative uneager uninclined unobliging unready unwishful wayward

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eager enthusiastic ready willing

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prepared

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compelled

Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of France's National Assembly, said after the visit: "I refuse to allow women to be compelled to step aside in order to meet the demands of foreign visitors."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Anderson's data readings improved significantly as the season developed, which compelled the club's scouts to watch him on a regular basis.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Carl, now a published author, feels compelled to bring a disturbing matter to his old colleagues’ attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

But I did, because I was compelled to follow a problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

If one stuck in your hair and stung you, it sent out a chemical message as it died and all who received it were compelled to come and sting and die at the same place.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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