forced
Made to happen
Forced describes something done under compulsion or against natural inclination.
A forced confession comes through pressure rather than willingness.
A forced smile or forced laugh lacks genuine feeling—the effort shows.
Forced labor is work extracted by coercion.
When circumstances compel action, the result is forced: a forced landing, a forced march.
Something forced feels strained or unnatural: The dialogue felt forced.
Made to act
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- obligatedRequired by duty
- madeProduced or constructed
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
pushed · constrained · mandated · required · imposed · involuntary · unwilling · reluctant
Deliberately manufactured, unnatural
- stiltedUnnaturally formal in expression
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- stiffNot easily bent
wooden · labored · manufactured · put-on · affected · feigned · pretended · insincere
Strained or nervous
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- difficultRequiring much effort
- laboredRequiring great exertion
tight · fraught · stressed · pressured · stretched · taxed · burdened · overworked
Unlawful entry to premises
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- breachBreaking of agreement
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- invasionForcible entry into territory
trespass · breaking and entering · lockpicking · jimmied · pried · smashed · battered · rammed
Heated growing enclosure
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- earlyOccurring before expected
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
compelled
Made to act
driven · pushed · constrained · mandated · required · imposed · involuntary · unwilling · reluctant · against one's will
contrived
Deliberately manufactured, unnatural
- stiltedUnnaturally formal in expression
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
stiff · wooden · labored · manufactured · put-on · affected · feigned · pretended · insincere · phony
tense
Strained or nervous
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- difficultRequiring much effort
labored · tight · fraught · stressed · pressured · stretched · taxed · burdened · overworked · effortful
break-in
Unlawful entry to premises
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- breachBreaking of agreement
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
invasion · trespass · breaking and entering · lockpicking · jimmied · pried · smashed · battered · rammed · busted
hothouse
Heated growing enclosure
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- acceleratedIncreased in velocity
- earlyOccurring before expected
cultivated · induced · hotbed · hastened · premature
- pressed thingssqueezed, compressed, flattened, compacted, crushed
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- fakefake, phony, bogus, sham, counterfeit
- unwillingreluctant, hesitant, resistant, averse, disinclined
forcednatural
Not artificially produced
spontaneous · genuine · unaffected · sincere · artless
forcedoptional
Not mandatory
voluntary · elective · noncompulsory · discretionary · unnecessary
- join forcesCollaborate with others
- driving forcePower behind movement
- police forceOfficial law enforcement body
- full forceComplete power applied
- force fieldInvisible protective energy wall
- force of natureIrresistible power or person
force, forceful, enforce, forces, enforced, forcing, forcefully, enforcement, enforcing