Compelled
Opposed and compelled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opposed" instead an adjective "Compelled".
Nearby Words: compel, compelling
Opposed
Opposed adjective - Being in opposition or having an opponent.
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Synonyms for Opposed
Compelled and opposed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compelled" instead an adjective "Opposed".
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- This is the first case where Homer is actually compelled to perform an abortion, having been trained to do so but morally opposed to it.
Source: Parental Incest - Kurwin the Flayer believes that all woodlanders are compelled to drive vermin to extinction, but only because he's encountered woodlanders like Urthquake, as opposed to kindbeasts who don't judge creatures by their species.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Fan Fics - Argent the Wolf of Grendel, who's opposed to the Villain Protagonist Grendel (particularly Hunter Rose, but later on Christine Spar) as an Anti-Hero Werewolf who is compelled to take down what the series equates to the Devil.
Source: Hero Antagonist
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