force-feeds

Shoves food down

Force-feeds is the third-person singular of force-feed, meaning to compel someone or something to eat, typically by pushing food down the throat.

The practice appears in contexts ranging from livestock fattening to prison hunger strikes: Guards force-feeds the prisoner through a tube.

Figuratively, to force-feed is to impose unwanted information or content: The algorithm force-feeds you videos you never asked for.

coerced-eating

stuffing

Seasoned mixture for cavities

gorging · funnel · mouth · swallow · regurgitation · nourishment · sustenance · calories · intake · consumption

information

propaganda

Biased information for influence

rhetoric · messaging · narrative · ideology · dogma · agenda · spin · bombardment · saturation · inundation

domination

control

Authority to direct

bullying · overpowering · strong-arming · compelling · pressuring · domineering · heavy-handed · authoritarian · tyrannical · oppressive

medical

enteral

Pertaining to intestines

IV · catheter · formula · hospital · patient · bedridden · caregiver · intubation · syringe · drip

unwilling-recipient

resistance

Capacity to withstand force

defiance · gagging · choking · rejection · aversion · disgust · noncompliance · struggle · revulsion · repulsion

Opposites
volition/agency

force-feedsself-feeds

Supplies itself nourishment

dines · grazes · nibbles · snacks

deprivation vs. provision

force-feedsstarves

Dies from hunger

fasts · famishes · underfeed · rations · neglects

direction of information/content flow

force-feedssuggests

Conveys indirectly

offers · recommends

Family

force-feed, force-fed, force-feeding, force, forces, forced, forcing, forceful, forcefully

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG