Synonyms: imperative
Definition: some duty that is essential and urgent
Similar words: obligation, duty, responsibility
Definition: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
Usage: we must instill a sense of duty in our children; every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr
Synonyms: imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood
Definition: a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
Similar words: modality, mode, mood
Definition: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Synonyms: imperative
Definition: requiring attention or action
Usage: as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative; requests that grew more and more imperative
Similar words: adjuratory
Definition: containing a solemn charge or command
Similar words: insistent, instant, clamant, crying, exigent
Definition: demanding attention
Usage: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need
Similar words: peremptory
Definition: not allowing contradiction or refusal
Usage: spoke in peremptory tones; peremptory commands
Similar words: desperate
Definition: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
Usage: felt a desperate urge to confess; a desperate need for recognition
Similar words: urgent, pressing
Definition: compelling immediate action
Usage: too pressing to permit of longer delay; the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'; bridges in urgent need of repair
Similar words: strident, shrill
Definition: being sharply insistent on being heard
Usage: strident demands; shrill criticism