compelling
adjective
[ kəmˈpɛlɪŋ ]
• evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way.
• "his eyes were strangely compelling"
Similar:
enthralling,
captivating,
gripping,
engrossing,
riveting,
spellbinding,
entrancing,
transfixing,
mesmerizing,
hypnotic,
mesmeric,
absorbing,
fascinating,
thrilling,
irresistible,
addictive,
unputdownable,
compel
verb
• force or oblige (someone) to do something.
• "a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions"
Similar:
force,
coerce into,
pressurize into,
pressure,
impel,
drive,
press,
push,
urge,
prevail on,
dragoon into,
browbeat into,
bully into,
bludgeon into,
intimidate into,
terrorize into,
oblige,
require,
put under an obligation,
leave someone no option but to,
make,
bulldoze,
railroad,
steamroller,
twist someone's arm,
strong-arm,
lean on,
put the screws on,
constrain,
exact,
extort,
demand,
insist on,
enforce,
necessitate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin compellere, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’.
