Compelling
Verb
- Present participle of compel
Full definition of compelling
Adjective
compelling
- Requiring urgent attention.
- 2013-06-21, Oliver Burkeman, The tao of tech, The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.
- There are compelling reasons why these articles should have definitions.
- Forceful.
- 2011, October 29, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
- The politician had compelling ambition.