- impelling - markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"
Antonyms: ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual (indirect, via effective)
- impel, force - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
--1 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun impulsion1
They impel him to write the letter
- propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
--2 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun impulsion2, noun impeller1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something