compulsions
Meaning of compulsions
noun
- An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
During the basketball game, I had a sudden compulsion to have a smoke.
- The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
- The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
Information about compulsions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of compulsions is: compulsion.
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Hyphenation of compulsions
com-pul-sions
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- compulsions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with compulsions
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