URGE meaning: Strong desire or impulse felt

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Urge:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

urge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
urge: Merriam-Webster
urge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
urge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
urge: Collins English Dictionary
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Urge, urge: Wordnik
urge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
urge: Wiktionary
urge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
urge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
urge: Infoplease Dictionary
urge: Dictionary.com
urge (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
urge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
The Urge (album), The Urge, Urge (album), Urge (drink), Urge (film), Urge (soft drink), Urge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Urge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
urge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
urge: Rhymezone
urge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
urge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
urge: FreeDictionary.org
urge: Mnemonic Dictionary
urge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)

-urge, urge-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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urge: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

urge: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

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urge: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Urge, the urge: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (urge)

▸ noun:  A strong desire; an itch to do something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To press onward or forward.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Similar:

cheer, impulse, exhort, urge on, recommend, inspire, pep up, press, itch, advocate, more...

Opposite:

dissuade, discourage, deter, inhibit, restrain

Types:

hunger, thirst, sexual, creative, exploratory, social, emotional, physical, more...

Phrases:

urge incontinence, sexual urge, sex urge, incontinence urge, urge on, more...

Adjectives:

strong, sudden, sexual, creative, irresistible, inner, natural, overwhelming, powerful, uncontrollable, human

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, ruby, burgundy, maroon, more...