Definitions For Compulsion

noun

  • Using force to cause something to occur
  • An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
  • An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
  • A very strong desire to do something
  • The act of using force or pressure to make someone do something
  • The state of being forced to do something

Is Compulsions a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
23

The word Compulsion is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Compulsion in a Sentence

  • I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert.
  • We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.

Synonyms for Compulsion

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