pressured
USPRESH-urd/ˈpɹɛʃ.ɚd/UKPRESH-uhd/ˈpɹɛʃ.ə(ɹ)d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of pressure.
The board pressured the manager into resigning before the audit.
Many workers felt pressured to stay late without extra pay.
Note
Because the verb behind it is transitive, this form nearly always has someone on the receiving end, either as the object (they pressured her) or as the subject of a passive (she was pressured). After feel or seem it behaves like an adjective describing a state of strain. Two patterns follow it: into plus an -ing form names the outcome, and to plus an infinitive names the demand.
pressured is a form of pressure
pressure, verb: To strongly urge someone, or to exert force or influence on them, in order to make them act. Full entry
- Forms
- pressurepressures he/she/itpressuring -ing formpressured past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- pressure → pressured: add -d
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