'Impelling' definitions:
Definition of 'impelling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"
Definition of 'Impelling'
From: GCIDE
- Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impelling.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum, to drive. See Pulse a beat, and cf. Impulse.] To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way. [1913 Webster]
- The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope.
- Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive; urge; actuate; move. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impelling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- actuating,
- animating,
- causal,
- causative,
- compelling,
- compulsive,
- directive,
- driving,
- gripping,
- holding,
- impellent,
- impulsive,
- in motion,
- inducive,
- mobile,
- motile,
- motivating,
- motivational,
- motive,
- motor,
- moving,
- obsessing,
- obsessional,
- obsessive,
- possessing,
- preoccupying,
- pressing,
- propellant,
- propelling,
- pulsive,
- stirring,
- thrusting,
- transitional,
- traveling,
- urgent