compelling

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• /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
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By surface analysis, compel + -ing.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: наложителен (naložitelen) — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Dutch: dwingend — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Dutch: meeslepend — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Finnish: pakottava — able to capture and hold one's attention
• German: zwingend — able to capture and hold one's attention
• German: fesselnd — able to capture and hold one's attention
• German: unwiderstehlich — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: impozáns — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: hathatós — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: magával ragadó — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: ellenállhatatlan — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: kényszerítő — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Hungarian: minden kétséget kizáró — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Italian: avvincente — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Italian: appassionante — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Italian: coinvolgente — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Russian: безотлага́тельный (bezotlagátelʹnyj) — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Russian: неотло́жный (neotlóžnyj) — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Spanish: de peso — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Spanish: compeliente — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Spanish: compeledor — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Spanish: compelidor — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Turkish: ilgi uyandırıcı — able to capture and hold one's attention
• Bulgarian: непреодолим (nepreodolim) — strong
• Bulgarian: неустоим (neustoim) — strong
• Finnish: vangitseva — strong
• Finnish: vastustamaton — strong
• Finnish: mukaansatempaava — strong
• German: überwältigend — strong
• German: unwiderstehlich — strong
• German: fesselnd — strong
• German: hinreißend — strong
• Hungarian: erőteljes — strong
• Hungarian: elsöprő — strong
• Hungarian: hatalmas — strong
• Italian: entusiasmante — strong
• Italian: convincente — strong
• Italian: persuasivo — strong
• Latin: cōgēns — strong
• Turkish: zorlayıcı — strong