Antonyms for forcible
ˈfɔr sə bəl, ˈfoʊr-forcible

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1. forcible

   Racy applies in the first instance to the pleasing flavor characteristic of certain wines, often attributed to the soil from which they come. Pungent denotes something sharply irritating to the organs of taste or smell, as pepper, vinegar, ammonia; piquant denotes a quality similar in kind to pungent but less in degree, stimulating and agreeable; pungent spices may be deftly compounded into a piquant sauce. As applied to literary products, racy refers to that which has a striking, vigorous, pleasing originality; spicy to that which is stimulating to the mental taste, as spice is to the physical; piquant and pungent in their figurative use keep very close to their literal sense.

   Antonyms:
   cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stale, stupid, tasteless, vapid

   Synonyms:
   flavorous, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spicy, spirited

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1. forcible, physical, strong-armadjective

   impelled by physical force especially against resistance

   "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

   Antonyms:
   unforceful, forceless

   Synonyms:
   strong-arm, physical

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1. forcibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   energetic, potent, effective, compulsory, coercive, drastic, vigorous

How to use forcible in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Disraeli:

   When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, and opening quotation is a symphony precluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.

2. Sir Thomas Browne:

   Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.

3. John Locke:

   The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

4. Fumie Kyo:

   The general public might think, 'Why was such a person let loose?' but forcible commitment is against the person's will so the conditions should be strict.

5. Guo Yutuan:

   We are using life detection instruments to monitor signs of life and professional breaking-in tools to make forcible entries. We are trying our utmost to save trapped people.

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