COMPULSIVE


Meaning of COMPULSIVE in English

adj.1 compelling.

2 resulting or acting from, or as if from, compulsion (a compulsive gambler).

3 Psychol. resulting or acting from compulsion against one's conscious wishes.

4 irresistible (compulsive entertainment).

Derivatives:

compulsively adv. compulsiveness n.

Etymology: med.L compulsivus (as compel)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.