Pressing synonyms and antonyms
prĕs'ĭng
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important (related)
The definition of important is having great significance or consequence.
Abominable; reprehensible:
Of a demand: persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
Dignified and somber in conduct or character:
Acute is defined as something that is very serious, severe or extreme.
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The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural.)
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
Loud and confused; noisy
Extremely important or essential:
Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
Requiring great care, effort, or attention:
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Calling for immediate action or attention; urgent; critical
Close at hand; near:
The definition of imminent is something that is likely to happen very soon.
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
(Gram.) Designating or of the mood of a verb that expresses a command, strong request, or exhortation
Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
Piercing; incisive:
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Concerned with important rather than trivial matters:
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
Imminence.
Insistence is defined as the quality or act of being demanding.
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Pressure is an application of force by pressing, or an urgent demand or force which can cause stress.
non-urgent (antonym)
urgent
unimportant (antonym)
Not important; insignificant or petty.
insignificant (antonym)
Small in size or amount.
The definition of dire is something so bad or scary that it causes distress or terror.
Rising above a surrounding medium, especially a fluid.
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The quality of being insistent.
A step in a process or series of events:
big (related)
Of great significance; momentous:
seek (related)
Urgent solicitation
A place or establishment where matter is printed:
(Intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
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To move violently
To follow up vigorously; promote (a campaign, claim, etc.)
To participate in, or go on, a campaign
To fight is defined as to participate in a physical or verbal disagreement, or to face something and struggle through it.
To enter into by contract; establish or settle by formal agreement:
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
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(Bridge) To force (an opponent) to discard a card needed to defeat the contract
To squeeze or compress.
(Computers) To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal:
To exert a force that drives or impels, as to action
To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
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To request earnestly; beg for:
To utter (a greeting or salutation):
(Ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; ""” often with forth, or out.
Mangle is defined as to destroy by tearing, crushing or bruising.
To arrive at or attain the end of:
To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure:
To push with sudden force; shove; drive
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To gather together, move, or press in a throng
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
To force or push
To generate steam
To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.
Smooth is defined as to get rid of wrinkles, lumps or ridges in something.
To entertain or pay great attention to:
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To force (an idea, legislative bill, etc.) to be accepted
To exert pressure, or compelling influence, on
To drive piles into.
(Slang) To be able to deliver (a blow, punch, etc.) with force
The definition of oppress is to keep something down using cruel or unjust power.
(Chiefly Southern & South Midland US) To apply pressure to; press.
To force one's way into or through a limited space:
To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
To mark by using pressure; stamp; imprint
To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
To hit with force
To squeeze tightly between the forelegs, as a bear does
The definition of hasten is to cause something to happen more quickly, or to be quick to do something.
To gain by a process of gradual increase:
To gain by the use of force or coercion:
To knock down or lay low.
To get by pressure; elicit by force; extort
To give emphasis to; give special force or prominence to; stress
(Law) To try illegally to influence or instruct (a jury)
To force by or as by a blow, thrust, or stroke
To force out or extract by pressing or squeezing
(Informal) To process (a vast quantity of numbers or other data) rapidly
(Informal) To put pressure on; assail:
To stuff; force
To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway:
Clasp means to hold or grip tightly, or attach two or more things together.
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
To be obligatory or binding in force
To hold within limits; enclose.
To move or go around completely; make a circuit of:
(Statistics) To assign weights or a weight to.
To insist is to demand something without wavering, to continue on a course no matter what the objections are or to make a statement and continue to assert its truth.
To push roughly or hastily
To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.
To stop the movement or progress of:
To gather or travel in a flock or crowd.
relieving (antonym)
To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.
releasing (antonym)
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
touching (related)
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
seeking (related)
Seek is defined as to search or look for something.
continuing (related)
(Intransitive) to resume
causing (related)
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
tightening (related)
To make tighter.
collecting (related)
To collect payments, contributions, etc.
vexing (related)
intractable (related)
trivial (antonym)
The definition of trivial is insignificant, or of no importance.
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