Forced
/fɔɹst/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of force form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
"The forced labor went on for 14 years."
- 2 Opened or accessed using force.
- 3 Produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere.
"forced laughter"
Adjective
- 1 lacking spontaneity; not natural wordnet
- 2 made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency wordnet
- 3 forced or compelled wordnet
- 4 produced by or subjected to forcing wordnet
Example
More examples"The thief forced her to hand over the money."