Pressing, impelling; demanding or calling for prompt action; marked or characterized by urgency. (Frequently from 1800.)

Of business, work, etc.: pressing, urgent; busy. Obsolete.

Of evils: That forces itself upon notice, and calls loudly for redress; clamant, notorious.

Calling for immediate attention; urgent.

Urgent, pressing. Obsolete. rare.

Pressing, urgent; solicitous. Obsolete.

Characterized by urgency; urgent. Obsolete.

Unexpectedly arising, urgent; = emergent, adj. 5.

Used for ‘urgent’, ‘pressing’.

Medicine. Of a problem, crisis, etc.: severe, intense; pressing, urgent. Of a situation: critically bad, grave; serious, desperate.