urge

Plural: urges

Noun

• an instinctive motive
• a strong restless desire
  • "why this urge to travel?"
• A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Verb

Verb Forms: urged, urging, urges

• To strongly encourage or impel forward.
• force or impel in an indicated direction
  • "I urged him to finish his studies"
• push for something
• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
• To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
• To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
• To provoke; to exasperate.
• To press hard upon; to follow closely.
• To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
• To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
• To press onward or forward.
• To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Examples

• After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
• My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
• repress your urges
• satisfy your urges
• sexual urges
• The timer’s ticking began to URGE him to make a move, any move.
• to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case
• to urge an ore with intense heat

Synonyms

advocate, barrack, cheer, exhort, impulse, inspire, itch, pep up, press, recommend, root on, urge on, abet, ache, actuate, agitate, animate, appetency, appetite, bring about, craving, drive, egg on, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, hankering, hunger, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, jones, lash, letch, lickerish, longing, lust, motivate, motive, move, obligate, oblige, pining, promote, prompt, provoke, push, rouse, send, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, sting, stir, stir up, stoke, strain, tempt, test, thirst, urge, vex, whet, whip up, yearning, yen

Related Words

surge, urgent

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