English-Thai Dictionary

compulsive

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPULSIVE

a.Having power to compel; driving; forcing; constraining; applying force. Uniformity of opinions cannot be effected by compulsive measures.

 

COMPULSIVELY

adv. By compulsion; by force.

 

COMPULSIVENESS

n.Force; compulsion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPULSIVE

COMPULSIVE Com *pul "sive, a.

 

Defn: Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. Religion is. .. inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp.

 

COMPULSIVELY

COMPULSIVELY Com *pul "sive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By compulsion; by force.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compulsive

com pul sive |kəmˈpəlsiv kəmˈpəlsɪv | ▶adjective 1 resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, esp. one that is against one's conscious wishes: compulsive eating. • (of a person ) acting as a result of such an urge: a compulsive liar. 2 irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling: this play is compulsive viewing. DERIVATIVES com pul sive ly adverb, com pul sive ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘compulsory ’): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- ‘driven, forced, ’ from the verb compellere (see compel ). Sense 1 (originally a term in psychology ) dates from the early 20th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

compulsive

com |pul ¦sive |kəmˈpʌlsɪv | ▶adjective 1 resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge: compulsive eating. • (of a person ) acting as a result of an irresistible urge: a compulsive liar. 2 irresistibly interesting or exciting; compelling: this play is compulsive viewing. DERIVATIVES compulsively adverb, compulsiveness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘compulsory ’): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- ‘driven, forced ’, from the verb compellere (see compel ). Sense 1 (originally a term in psychology ) dates from the early 20th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compulsive

compulsive adjective 1 a compulsive desire: irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, overwhelming, urgent; obsessive. 2 compulsive eating: obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable. 3 a compulsive liar: inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, hardened, hopeless, persistent; obsessive, addicted, habitual; informal pathological. 4 it's compulsive viewing: fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, enthralling, captivating.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compulsive

compulsive adjective 1 a compulsive desire: irresistible, uncontrollable, compelling, driving, overwhelming, overpowering, urgent, besetting; obsessive, neurotic. 2 compulsive eating: obsessive, obsessional, addictive, uncontrollable, out of control, ungovernable. 3 a compulsive liar | compulsive drinkers: inveterate, chronic, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, hardened, hopeless, persistent; obsessive, obsessional, addicted, habitual, dependent; informal pathological, hooked. ANTONYMS occasional. 4 it's compulsive viewing: fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, mesmeric, entrancing; informal unputdownable. ANTONYMS dull, tedious.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compulsive

com pul sive /kəmpʌ́lsɪv /形容詞 1 (よくないことを )しないではいられない, 衝動を抑えられない ; やむにやまれぬ, 衝動的な, 強制的な 〈行動など 〉▸ a compulsive eater 過食症の人 .2 たまらなくおもしろい, やめられない 〈本 番組など 〉.3 〘心 〙強迫衝動的な ▸ compulsive personality disorder 強迫性人格異常 .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞 U 強制 .