Antonyms for urge
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : urj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ÉœrdÊ’ |
Definition of urge
Origin :- 1550s, from Latin urgere "to press hard, push, drive, compel," from PIE root *werg- "to work" (cf. Avestan vareza "work, activity;" Greek ergon "work," orgia "religious performances," organon "tool;" Armenian gorc "work;" Lithuanian verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze," vargas "need, distress;" Old Church Slavonic vragu "enemy;" Gothic waurkjan, Old English wyrcan "work;" Gothic wrikan "persecute," Old English wrecan "drive, hunt, pursue;" Old Norse yrka "work, take effect"). Related: Urged; urging.
- noun very strong desire
- verb beg, push for, encourage
- But why, when you know it does not, why should you thus perplex and urge me?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- In the one case, as she knew it, a girl under the urge of poverty had stolen.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Under the urge of it, he conquered—at last brought himself and his charge to the shore.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He was moved in his simplicity to urge moderation by asserting the claims of his own personality.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Have you any proof to urge in support of your assertion that the prisoner did not touch it?
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I often took this poor Talien aside and tried to urge him on to rebellion, but it was all in vain.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I hope you may be able to think so well of me, as to urge no influence against me.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- In vain, dear Caroline, you urge me to think; I profess only to feel.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I was too well satisfied to urge my victory by further complaint.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- What if she were to persist in her offer—were to work with him, urge him to work with her?
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
Synonyms for urge
- adjure
- advance
- advise
- advocate
- appeal to
- appetite
- appetition
- ask
- attract
- beseech
- champion
- charge
- commend
- compel
- compulsion
- conjure
- counsel
- countenance
- craving
- drive
- druthers
- egg on
- endorse
- entreat
- exhort
- fancy
- favor
- fire in belly
- fire up
- force
- further
- goad
- hasten
- impel
- impetus
- implore
- impulse
- incentive
- incite
- induce
- influence
- insist on
- inspire
- instigate
- itch
- longing
- lust
- maneuver
- motive
- move
- passion
- plead
- press
- pressure
- promote
- prompt
- propel
- propose
- push
- put up to
- rationalize
- recommend
- request
- sanction
- solicit
- speak for
- spur
- stimulant
- stimulate
- stimulus
- support
- sweet tooth
- tempt
- weakness
- wheedle
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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