forced

About 44.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of force
2. adjective Obtained forcefully, not naturally.

   The forced labor went on for 14 years.

3. adjective Opened or accessed using force.
4. adjective Produced by strain; not spontaneous; insincere.

   forced laughter

Similar words

constrained strained affected unexpected unscheduled unvoluntary involuntary nonvoluntary unnatural forcible

Often followed by

to the into upon by him out them on a

Word family

forcedly