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The claim that Israel seeks to annihilate the Palestinians is simply a lie. Israel seeks to stop rocket attacks and tunnel invasions, and as long as Hamas is dedicated to those actions, they can expect a forceful Israeli reaction.
James Howard Kunstler

Meaning of "forceful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORCEFUL

forceful  [ˈfɔːsfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORCEFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forceful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FORCEFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of forceful in the English dictionary

The definition of forceful in the dictionary is powerful. Other definition of forceful is persuasive or effective.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORCEFUL


blissful
ˈblɪsfʊl
disgraceful
dɪsˈɡreɪsfʊl
distressful
dɪsˈtrɛsfʊl
glassful
ˈɡlɑːsfʊl
graceful
ˈɡreɪsfʊl
houseful
ˈhaʊsfʊl
increaseful
ɪnˈkriːsfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
purposeful
ˈpɜːpəsfʊl
purseful
ˈpɜːsfʊl
remorseful
rɪˈmɔːsfʊl
resourceful
rɪˈzɔːsfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
suspenseful
səˈspɛnsfʊl
unpeaceful
ʌnˈpiːsfʊl
unremorseful
ˌʌnrɪˈmɔːsfʊl
unsuccessful
ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfʊl
unuseful
ʌnˈjuːsfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wineglassful
ˈwaɪnˌɡlɑːsfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORCEFUL

force-field analysis
force-ripe
forceable
forced
forced development
forced entry
forced labour
forced landing
forced march
forced perspective
forced savings
forcedly
forcedness
forcefully
forcefulness
forceless
forcemeat
forceps
forceps-like
forcer

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORCEFUL

adviceful
careful
chanceful
choiceful
deviceful
fateful
grateful
hateful
hopeful
ireful
mischanceful
offenceful
rejoiceful
shameful
spiteful
tasteful
ungrateful
vengeful
voiceful
wasteful

Synonyms and antonyms of forceful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORCEFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forceful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forceful

Translation of «forceful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORCEFUL

Find out the translation of forceful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forceful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forceful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有魄力的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enérgico
570 millions of speakers

English

forceful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सशक्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حزما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сильный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enérgico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জবরদস্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

énergique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

energisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

力強い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

힘찬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mạnh me
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலிமையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सशक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güçlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

energiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сильний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puternic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισχυρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kragtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kraftfull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kraftig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forceful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORCEFUL»

The term «forceful» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORCEFUL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forceful

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORCEFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forceful.
1
Michael Bergin
It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.
2
Lester Bowie
The trumpet is forceful.
3
David Duchovny
I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery.
4
Jim Hightower
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.
5
Karen Hughes
I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
6
Lyndon B. Johnson
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
7
Masashi Kishimoto
Exaggeration can lend action scenes more force, but I like to stick to more realistic figures: They help keep the cool in the action scenes, although they may be not as forceful as the exaggerated ones.
8
James Howard Kunstler
The claim that Israel seeks to annihilate the Palestinians is simply a lie. Israel seeks to stop rocket attacks and tunnel invasions, and as long as Hamas is dedicated to those actions, they can expect a forceful Israeli reaction.
9
Leopoldo Lopez
Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.
10
George Miller
President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORCEFUL»

Discover the use of forceful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forceful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forceful Persuasion: Coercive Diplomacy as an Alternative to War
George examines seven cases--from Pearl Harbor to the Persian Gulf--in which the United States has used coercive diplomacy in the past half-century.
Alexander L. George, 1991
2
Forceful Leadership and Enabling Leadership: You Can Do Both
The problem is that many executives see forceful leadership and enabling leadership as mutually exclusive, or strongly prefer one or the other, and therefore lack the versatility to be truly effective.
Robert E. Kaplan, 1996
3
Forceful Negotiations: The Origins of the Pronunciamiento in ...
From both a regional and a national perspective, the essays examine specificpronunciamientos, such as the Plan of Iguala, and explore the contexts that gave rise to the use of thepronunciamientoas a catalyst for change.Forceful Negotiations ...
Will Fowler, 2011
4
The Editing Book, a Guide to Clear and Forceful Writing, ...
The Editing Book is an all-in-one English manual for college/university students who need clear instructions for composing essays and reports, analyzing poetry and prose, editing weak sentence structure, and writing clearly and forcefully.
Shirley Campbell, Shirley Campbell Books, 2006
5
Application of Surface Electromyography in Assessing ...
CHAPTER 3 THE EFFECT OF EMG SAMPLING DURATION ON THE PRECISION OF FORCEFUL EXERTION EXPOSURE ESTIMATES Introduction Despite increased awareness and attention, musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity ...
Nathan B. Fethke, 2006
6
Bank Supervision: Prompt and Forceful Regulatory Actions ...
Prompt and Forceful Regulatory Actions Needed : Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives United ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1991
7
Good and Evil: A New Direction : a Forceful Attack on the ...
This unique volume, written by one of America's most distinguished philosophers, relates the distinction between good and evil - together with all morality - to human feelings, needs, desires, and purposes, rather than to human reason and ...
Richard Taylor, 1970
8
Applied Studies Towards a Sociology of Language
Basil Bernstein. TABLE 7.12 Product—Moment correlation (r) : MC and WC children (n=104) Variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Sex x 2. Social class −0·012 x 3. CCI −0· 073 −0·571 x 4. Crichton −0·058 −0·040 0·106 x 5. Forceful options 0·014 0·454 ...
Basil Bernstein, 2004
9
Learning in Medical School: A Model for the Clinical Professions
An interesting sidelight on this mechanism is that ease of diagnosis is associated with the possibility of a wide range of forceful features being identified, that is to say, different people identify different ones. Diagnostic difficulty is associated ...
John I. Balla, Margaret Gibson, Anne M. Chang, 1989
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Class, Codes and Control: Applied studies towards a ...
Basil B. Bernstein. table 7.12 Product— Moment correlation (r) : MC and WC children (n = 104) Variables J 2 3 ~~4 5 6 1. Sex x 2. Social class -0012 x 3. CCI - 0073 -0571 x 4. Crichton -0058 -0040 0106 x 5. Forceful options 0014 0-454 - 0266 ...
Basil B. Bernstein, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORCEFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forceful is used in the context of the following news items.
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LGBT immigrants taking a more forceful stand as reform efforts …
They consider themselves doubly marginalized — a vulnerable subset of an already maligned population. Of the estimated 11 million people ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Norris Burkes: Forceful faith gains no entry - Florida Today
Some years ago I was filling my car with gas when a woman stopped her car close enough to pitch a question from her window. “Sir, can you ... «Florida Today, Jul 15»
3
World Leaders Should Have Forceful Collective Efforts In Curbing …
Four months before the climate change meeting in Paris, experts are now discussing that the conference should provide a clear guidance that ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»
4
We're pleased with Britain's pay rise, purrs the bosses' 'Atomic Kitten …
We're pleased with Britain's pay rise, purrs the bosses' 'Atomic Kitten': Forceful directors' leader delivers a mixed Budget verdict. By Vicki Owen ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
5
Protesters send message to Trump, "Stop the Hate" - FOX 10 News …
A few dozen protesters gathered outside the event to deliver a forceful message to Donald Trump…and some protesters even made it inside, ... «FOX 10 News Phoenix, Jul 15»
6
Hillary's forceful thrust on gun control takes her ahead in the …
You are at:Home»US»Hillary's forceful thrust on gun control takes her ahead in the presidential politics: Presents successful economic vision. «Benchmark Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Scott Disick: Reality star to make forceful exit from 'KUWTK' - Pulse.ng
New reports say Scott will likely be fired from the show after ten seasons thanks to his latest split from baby mama, Kourtney Kardashian. «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Philadelphia Police Launch Investigation Into Video Showing …
The department launched its inquiry into the forceful apprehension of 22-year-old Tyree Carroll on Thursday, a day after a political ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
9
10 Forceful Heroines From Literature That Inspire Us To Kick Ass
We all love reading a good book about a fearless heroine that speaks her mind and generally kicks ass. Author Kate Griffin selects her personal ... «Marie Claire.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Reports: Man Utd's De Gea being "very forceful" over Real Madrid …
Manchester United's David De Gea will play for Real Madrid next summer as the goalkeeper is being “very forceful” to secure a move, ... «Squawka Football News, Jul 15»

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