Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compelled

/kəmˈpɛld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: com-pelled
IPA: /kəmˈpɛld/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Driven; forced.

verb

simple past and past participle of compel

Example Sentences

"I do believe state policymakers are very compelled to address those early years."
"I was very compelled by the experience of watching Hamlet and the opening scene that has the ghost of his father on the parapet saying, “Revenge my death.”"
"I was the only one who was in a position to do it, and I felt very compelled to do so."

Inflected Forms

more compelled (comparative) most compelled (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncompelled

Phrases

compelled speech

Rhymes With

held spelled yelled expelled upheld smelled propelled withheld handheld weld excelled shelled

Questions

How do you pronounce compelled?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpɛld/.
What does compelled mean?: Driven; forced.

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