PRESSURED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

pressured

verb

past tense of pressure

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

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Recent Examples of pressured Students were randomly assigned to the roles of guards or inmates, with the guards pressured to maintain order by any means necessary. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 And those rates — paired with high government spending and concerns over mounting deficits — have pressured the bond market, pushing 10-year Treasury yields to levels not seen since the early 2000s. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Springsteen and Scott confessed during police questioning but recanted before trial, saying investigators pressured them into giving false statements. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Higher crude prices have pressured stocks all year, as traders fear elevated energy costs will drive up inflation and force the Federal Reserve to raise rates. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 The administration also pressured European allies, particularly Germany and France, to urgently release some of their diesel reserves. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 The Panthers also failed to record a sack for the first time all season, a surprising result for a defensive front that had consistently pressured opposing quarterbacks. — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 As a result, they’re pressured to either increase prices or slash inventory and give consumers fewer choices. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, who had 19 saves for his third shutout in his last six starts, wasn’t pressured often, and the few shots that did fly his way missed the net. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured

Verb

Earlier this fall, a deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder case forced the judge to declare a mistrial.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
CoreWeave, the biggest of the group, has seen the spread on its credit default swaps soar past 11%, as investors are forced to pay up for insurance against default.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

Doncic said there has always been something in him that compelled him to establish connections with fans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
From the classic ‘Whodunit’ style to thrilling neonoirs, mystery novels have compelled readers to solve cases alongside detectives like Hercule Poirot.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of compelled

Verb

Her confession to murdering her 2-year-old daughter was coerced, and the district attorney who prosecuted her case was later convicted of bribery, extortion and other crimes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Terry Kay liked to tell the story of how he was coerced into writing his first novel by Pat Conroy, who told his literary agent Kay had written a brilliant manuscript.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

Those who do not currently drink tea should not feel obligated to start.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Twisted Teens joked they were contractually obligated to write a grunge song after signing to Sub Pop, prompting Billiard to claim that modifying any Beatles chord progression to stay major instead of going minor gets the job done.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of obligated

Verb

Returning to the table, Walzer said that a legal scholar had recently used the jus ex bello doctrine in an op-ed to argue that the war had become so costly to Ukrainians that their government was now obliged to make concessions to stop the fighting.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
That should come as no surprise; NASA is, after all, part of the executive branch, and the agency is obliged to abide by executive orders.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026