impelled

7.3

Feeling pushed to act by strong feelings or a sense of duty

adjective
/ɪmˈpɛld/

: impulsado

I feel impelled by my conscience to do something as a consequence, to change something.

I feel impelled by my conscience to do something as a consequence, to change something.

Examples

I feel impelled by my conscience to do something as a consequence, to change something.

Evan Carmichael
She felt impelled to help the victims after hearing their stories.
He was impelled by a strong sense of duty to join the protest.
After witnessing the injustice, they were impelled to take action.

Synonyms

obliged

vsimpelled

1 4.4

Feeling you must do something because it is polite or right

is pushed more by personal emotional urging than by duty

galvanized

vsimpelled

1 4.7

Suddenly made excited and ready to take action

comes from moral or emotional urging rather than a sudden external trigger

driven

vsimpelled

3.5

Very motivated to act because of strong inner feelings or outside pressure

is felt because of moral or emotional urging rather than general ambition

motivated

vsimpelled

2.5

Wanting to work hard to reach a goal

comes from moral or emotional urging rather than practical goals

goaded

vsimpelled

6.4

Pushed to act by repeated pressure or teasing

is prompted by inner moral or emotional force, not external pressure

forced

vsimpelled

3.4

Done because someone makes you do it, not because you want to

is felt as an internal moral or emotional urging rather than unwilling coercion

Antonyms

free

∞ 1.0

Able to act as you want without limits

How Urged

driven

3.5

impelled

7.3

motivated

2.5

inclined

194 3.8

unmotivated

8 4.4

Surface Forms

impelled positive

Morphology

impelled = impel (transparent) = impel + ed

Standard participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'impel'; the meaning 'urged/compelled' follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Impelled comes from Latin parts im- 'into' and pel- 'to drive', and you can see the same root in propel and compel. So, to feel impelled is to feel 'driven' or pushed to do something, often by strong feelings or a sense of duty.