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Definition of urging : of Urge

Synonyms:

spine, branch line, insistence, be, wheedling, persuasion, spur, goad, gad, spur track, importunity, urgency, acantha, ching, prod

causing, coercing, motivating, dragooning, dictating, fomenting, bulldozing, goading, hijacking, pressing, stressing, impelling, daunting, obliging, inciting, driving, sparking, compelling, intimidating, nagging, pressuring, propelling, stimulating, mandating, browbeating, galvanizing, bullying

convincing, cajoling, persuading, enlisting, imploring, seducing, charming, coaxing, swaying

hastening, speeding, accelerating, hurrying, hustling, expediting, spurring, flurrying, rushing, pushing, quickening, bustling

inspiring, energizing, hurling, instigating, hurtling, shoving, punching, encouraging, throwing, shooting, inducing, thrusting, slinging, prompting, knocking, enticing, nudging, striking, triggering, bumping, firing, launching, jerking, prodding, pitching, jogging, jostling, fermenting, magnetizing, forcing, flinging, lobbing, ramming, provoking, moving, catapulting, jolting, poking, heaving

petitioning, inquiring, soliciting, requisitioning, requesting, bidding, probing, appealing, inviting, pleading, wanting, questioning, querying, demanding, wishing, seeking, summoning, desiring

Usage examples:

• In urging the amendment of the law, they referred to the extraordinary powers possessed by the government. - "The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)", John West.
• It was true, their situation was nearly desperate, admitting that the wreck should continue to float for ever, since they were almost without food, or anything to drink, and had no means of urging the hull through the water. - "Jack Tier or The Florida Reef", James Fenimore Cooper.
• She was full of a determined, cold energy, urging them at once to go among the camps and search for a doctor. - "The Emigrant Trail", Geraldine Bonner.