Impelling

impelling
    adj 1: markedly effective as if by emotional pressure;
           "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling
           personality"
    

Impel \Im*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Impelling}.] [L. impellere; pref. im- in + pellere, pulsum,
   to drive. See {Pulse} a beat, and cf. {Impulse}.]
   To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to
   action or motion in any way.
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         The surge impelled me on a craggy coast. --Pope.

   Syn: To instigate; incite; induce; influence; force; drive;
        urge; actuate; move.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "impelling":
      active, actuating, animating, causal, causative, compelling,
      compulsive, directive, driving, gripping, holding, impellent,
      impulsive, in motion, inducive, mobile, motile, motivating,
      motivational, motive, motor, moving, obsessing, obsessional,
      obsessive, possessing, preoccupying, pressing, propellant,
      propelling, pulsive, stirring, thrusting, transitional, traveling,
      urgent