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horary
  • a  relating to the hours
    the horary cycle
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forbidding
  • n  an official prohibition or edict against something
  • v  command against
  • v  keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  • s  harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
    a forbidding scowl
  • s  threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    forbidding thunderclouds
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forced
  • v  to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
  • v  urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
  • v  move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
  • v  impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
    She forced her diet fads on him
  • v  squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  • v  force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • v  cause to move by pulling
  • v  do forcibly; exert force
  • v  take by force
  • a  produced by or subjected to forcing
    forced-air heating
    furnaces of the forced-convection type
    forced convection in plasma generators
  • s  forced or compelled
    promised to abolish forced labor
  • s  made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
    a forced landing
  • s  lacking spontaneity; not natural
    forced heartiness
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forceful
  • a  characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
    a forceful speaker
    a forceful personality
    forceful measures
    a forceful plan for peace
  • s  forceful and definite in expression or action
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forceless
  • a  lacking force; feeble
    a forceless argument
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