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[ urj ] / ɜrdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR urge ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), urged, urg·ing.to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along. to drive with incitement to speed or effort: to urge dogs on with shouts. to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.): to urge one's escape. to impel, constrain, or move to some action: urged by necessity. to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly: to urge a person to greater caution. to press (something) upon the attention: to urge a claim. to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste. to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action. verb (used without object), urged, urg·ing.to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action: Hunger urges. to make entreaties or earnest recommendations. to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause: The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment. nounan act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse. an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge. Origin of urgeFirst recorded in 1550–60, urge is from the Latin word urgēre to press, force, drive, urge SYNONYMS FOR urge4 incite, goad, stimulate, spur. 7 aver, asseverate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR urge ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR urge1-3 deter. 4, 5 discourage. SEE ANTONYMS FOR urge ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM urgeurg·ing·ly, adverbo·ver·urge, verb, o·ver·urged, o·ver·urg·ing.un·urged, adjectiveun·urg·ing, adjectiveWords nearby urgeUrewe, Urey, Urfa, Urfé, Urga, urge, urge incontinence, Urgel, urgency, urgency incontinence, urgent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for urgeI need to resist my urge to talk them into my truth, just so I can feel more comfortable and secure. In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond. North Korea’s Secret Movie Bootleggers: How Western Films Make It Into the Hermit Kingdom|Lizzie Crocker|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST They're also proof that no matter how fancy you are, you can't escape the urge to watch two girls make out. High-End Pervs Film Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon Sucking Face|Amy Zimmerman|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then, about five years ago, I had this urge to dabble with it again. Stephen Merchant Talks ‘Hello Ladies’ movie, the Nicole Kidman Cameo, and Legacy of ‘The Office’|Marlow Stern|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Anger Is an Energy is a tremendously entertaining read, and I urge everyone to pick up a copy and start dreaming again. The Rancid Ballad of Johnny Rotten: His Memoir Seethes With Anger—And Charm|Legs McNeil|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Doesn't this urge you to pity, so that you will beg His Holiness for pardon, beg him to receive us? Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello He had scarcely arrived when he made every exertion to urge it to adopt measures of severity. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'Aubign A favourable wind would tear the field loose from the cliffs and urge it to sea. Billy Topsail, M.D.|Norman Duncan I shall not proceed further to urge that the Christian apologetic in relation to biology has been successful. Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel The importance of this last to the liberty and property of our citizens, induces me to urge it on your earliest attention.' Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
British Dictionary definitions for urge
verb(tr) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something)we urged him to surrender (tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist onto urge the need for safety (tr) to impel, drive, or hasten onwardshe urged the horses on (tr) archaic, or literary to stimulate, excite, or incite nouna strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning Word Origin for urgeC16: from Latin urgēre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to urgelonging, itch, weakness, lust, yearning, passion, impulse, appetite, compulsion, craving, recommend, force, favor, press, propose, support, advocate, request, push, commend |