Meanings
adjectiveimpelling (comparative more impelling, superlative most impelling)
comparative more impelling · superlative most impelling
- Causing forward motion or action.
The extraordinary spectacle was a good many years ago, in school days, when theology is less impelling than curiosity ... […]
1908, Correspondent, The Mayfly and the Trout, The Times (UK), June, 9, 1908 reprinted June, 9, 1992
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of impel
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarkedly effective as if by emotional pressure
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto pela
- pelacausing forward motion
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APA
impelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impelling
MLA
“impelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impelling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impelling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impelling.
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