urgings
Persistent pushing forward
Urgings are persistent attempts to persuade or encourage someone toward action.
The word implies repeated pressure rather than a single request: Despite her urgings, he refused to see a doctor.
Urgings can come from people or from internal impulses: He ignored the urgings of his conscience.
Impulses toward action
- entreatiesEarnest, humble requests
- exhortationsUrgent persuasive appeals
- pleasEarnest requests or supplications
- appealsRequests for reconsideration
coaxing · encouragement · prodding · nudging · pressuring · beseeching · imploring · cajoling
Impulses toward action
- moralConcerning right conduct
- inner voiceUnspoken mental dialogue
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- convictionFirmly held belief
duty · calling · obligation · spiritual · divine · intuition · whispers · stirrings
promptings
Impulses toward action
- entreatiesEarnest, humble requests
- exhortationsUrgent persuasive appeals
- pleasEarnest requests or supplications
appeals · coaxing · encouragement · prodding · nudging · pressuring · beseeching · imploring · cajoling · solicitations
promptings
Impulses toward action
- moralConcerning right conduct
- inner voiceUnspoken mental dialogue
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
conviction · duty · calling · obligation · spiritual · divine · intuition · whispers · stirrings · compunction
impulses
Sudden inclinations to act
- drivesMoves or compels
- compulsionsUncontrollable urges to act
- instinctsInnate behavioral tendencies
desires · cravings · yearnings · longings · stirrings · inclinations · needs · hungers · thirsts · passions
urgingsdiscouragements
Things that dampen enthusiasm
dissuasions · deterrents · warnings · cautions · admonitions
urgingsrestraints
Things that hold back
inhibitions · checks · curbs · holds · suppressions
urgingsindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · silence · neutrality · disengagement · unconcern