What are some opposite words for urge?
Antonyms for urge
ɜrdʒurge
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term urge.
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urgeverb
Synonyms:
stimulate, incite, impel, animate, encourage, instigateurgeverb
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
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incite, animate, impel, instigate, encourage, stimulateurgeverb
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
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stimulate, impel, incite, animate, instigate, encourageurgeverb
To provoke; to exasperate.
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incite, encourage, impel, stimulate, animate, instigateurgeverb
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
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encourage, animate, incite, impel, stimulate, instigateurgeverb
: To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
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stimulate, incite, impel, animate, encourage, instigateurgeverb
To press onward or forward.
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incite, instigate, stimulate, animate, impel, encourageurgeverb
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Synonyms:
encourage, instigate, impel, incite, stimulate, animate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
urge
To influence (Latin in, in or into, and fluo, flow) is to affect, modify, or act upon by physical, mental, or moral power, especially in some gentle, subtle, and gradual way; as, vegetation is influenced by light; every one is influenced to some extent by public opinion; influence is chiefly used of power acting from without, tho it may be used of motives regarded as forces acting upon the will. Actuate refers solely to mental or moral power impelling one from within. One may influence, but can not directly actuate another; but one may be actuated to cruelty by hatred which another's misrepresentation has aroused. Prompt and stir are words of mere suggestion toward some course of action; dispose, draw, incline, influence, and lead refer to the use of mild means to awaken in another a purpose or disposition to act. To excite is to arouse one from lethargy or indifference to action. Incite and instigate, to spur or goad one to action, differ in the fact that incite may be to good, while instigate is always to evil (compare ABET). To urge and impel signify to produce strong excitation toward some act. We are urged from without, impelled from within. Drive and compel imply irresistible influence accomplishing its object. One may be driven either by his own passions or by external force or urgency; one is compelled only by some external power; as, the owner was compelled by his misfortunes to sell his estate. Compare COMPEL; DRIVE.
Antonyms:
deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, impede, inhibit, prevent, restrain, retardSynonyms:
actuate, compel, dispose, draw, drive, excite, impel, incite, incline, induce, influence, instigate, lead, move, persuade, prompt, stir, swayPreposition:
Actuated to crime by revenge.
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Princeton's WordNet
urge, impulsenoun
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
Synonyms:
pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, impulse, pulsation, itchurge, itchverb
a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"
urge, urge on, press, exhortverb
force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
Synonyms:
weigh, fight, beseech, agitate, press out, conjure, urge on, root on, bid, constrict, press, weight-lift, iron out, exhort, iron, weightlift, campaign, barrack, advocate, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, pep up, recommend, adjure, contract, inspire, crusade, push, cheerrecommend, urge, advocateverb
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
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inspire, exhort, root on, press, preach, commend, urge on, recommend, pep up, barrack, cheer, advocatecheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep upverb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
Synonyms:
jeer, juice up, animate, pep up, press, scoff, root on, enliven, cheer, urge on, instigate, flout, advocate, invigorate, inspire, exalt, ginger up, exhort, hearten, jolly along, prompt, revolutionize, jazz up, recreate, cheer up, barrack, recommend, inhale, chirk up, embolden, breathe in, revolutionise, jolly up, gibe
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How to use urge in a sentence?
I just want to urge parents to be extra vigilant when using baby changing facilities and check everything before putting your child down. I know it is hard work being a parent but I can’t even imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t seen the needles.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission continues to follow the reports on the situation at the Edenville and Sanford Dams. Our primary concern is the safety of Michigan residents, and we urge them all to continue heeding evacuation guidance by local emergency management agencies, when it is appropriate and safe to do so, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will send a staff engineer to the site to assist with the investigation. The Commission pledges to work closely with state officials and coordinate our investigatory efforts wherever possible.
I expect the French food industry to urge the government to consider the pros and cons by arguing that ‘nitrates and nitrites’ may increase the risk of colorectal cancer, but salmonella could kill more people, besides, there are other risk factors of colorectal cancer.
American housewives have not had their brains shot away, nor are they schizophrenic in the clinical sense. But if ... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, their comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror.
This issue transcends partisan politics, and I urge all senators -- Democrats and Republicans -- to support this resolution to terminate the president's emergency declaration when it comes up for a vote in the Senate, identical companion legislation to the House resolution will soon be introduced in the Senate.
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