Compulsion and Feeling

Compulsion

Compulsion noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.

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Feeling and compulsion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Feeling" instead a noun "Compulsion".

Feeling noun - A subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.

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Compulsion and feeling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compulsion" instead a noun "Feeling".

Nearby Words: feel, feelingly, feeler, feeing

particular	particular compulsion	particular feeling
similar	similar compulsion	similar feeling
strong	strong compulsion	strong feeling
constant	constant compulsion	constant feeling
Other adjectives: severe, horrible, nagging, sexual, new, overwhelming, growing, odd, weird, strange, sudden.

Horror Hunger: After meeting Ieren, Xhea begins feeling a terrible compulsion to devour the souls of ghosts.

Source: Literature / Towers Trilogy
Further, imagine feeling the same compulsion to kill and destroy and knowing that it can't be resisted or defied.

Source: Video Game / The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Still feeling the compulsion to run from...wherever he escaped from, he bolts, and Shouta finds him collapsed on the playground.

Source: Manga / Wild Adapter

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