urge
/ɜːd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle."
- "sexual urges"
- "repress your urges"
- "satisfy your urges"
- "Unless I’m wrong / I but obey / The urge of a song: / I’m—bound—away!"
- "Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…]"
Etymology
From Latin urgeō (“urge”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: urgeō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɜːd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ɜːd͡ʒ/