urgency

Examples

• All

• I don't think you appreciate the urgency.

  Wedding Crashers (2005)

• Yet this sense of urgency was not reflected by the policies made in Washington.

  Academic text (1990)

• Why did you have this urgency to see your wedding video?

  Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

• A woman has more time and does not feel the same urgency to support herself.

  Academic text (1994)

• The note had a clear urgency about it, and his standing with Uncle Joe could hardly be worse.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Freddie, I have a matter of such urgency, a matter that only you can help me with.

  The Master (2012)

• Spalatin, I'm sorry for keeping you so late, but this is a matter of some urgency.

  Luther (2003)

• This well-meaning citizen obviously doesn't understand the urgency of the matter.

  Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

• "Troi's voice held a note of urgency, as if she were on the verge of solving the mystery."

  Fiction book (1992)

• The urgency of the crisis required immediate action from the government.

Synonyms

P

pressure

vsurgency

899 3.1

A strong feeling of stress from difficult demands

describes stressful external forces rather than a persistent, forceful solicitation

D

demand

vsurgency

399 3.1

A strong, urgent request someone makes, often as a right

stresses repeated solicitation and pressing rather than a single asserted claim

I

insistence

vsurgency

54 3.5

Asking or saying something firmly and not giving up

emphasizes ongoing pressing rather than single firm demands

P

press

vsurgency

26 5.8

A strong need or pressure that requires quick attention

refers to an urgent situation rather than a persistent, personal solicitation

U

urging

vsurgency

21 3.9

A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act

presses as a demand rather than gentle encouragement or motivation

E

entreaty

vsurgency

7 7.6

A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness

presses the request more forcefully rather than appealing through emotion

E

exigency

vsurgency

• Formal

5 9.1

An urgent situation that needs action right away

focuses on pressing requests rather than describing an emergency need for action

C

clamouring

vsurgency

• UK

3 6.0

A loud, persistent demand by many people, often in protest

is focused on many voices loudly demanding rather than single persistent solicitation

I

importunity

vsurgency

• Formal

1 9.9

Repeated requests that annoy or pressure someone

is about pressing requests without necessarily implying unreasonableness

E

exigence

vsurgency

• Formal

1 9.2

An urgent need that requires action right now

centres on urgent situational need rather than repeated forceful solicitation

I

insistency

vsurgency

1 6.8

A firm, repeated demand for an answer or action

is the active pressing of requests rather than an abstract quality

I

imploration

vsurgency

1 8.5

A strong, urgent request for help

pushes requests as forceful demands rather than pleading with emotion

I

instancy

vsurgency

9.9

A strong repeated request that does not stop

focuses on forcefully pressing requests instead of merely the persistent state

I

importunateness

vsurgency

• Formal

9.9

Repeatedly asking for something in a way that annoys people

focuses on forceful pressing rather than mainly showing annoyance

How Insistent

demand

399 3.1

urgency

1 4.2

plea

132 3.9

appeal

91 2.9

suggestion

602 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology