compelling
forcefully convincing or gripping
Roots
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- pel / puls: drive, push, force
Other words with the pel / puls root
- compel: to force or strongly drive
- compulsion: an irresistible urge or force
- compulsive: driven by an irresistible urge
- expel: to drive out
- impel: to drive or urge forward
- impulse: sudden urge or push
- impulsive: acting on sudden urges
Compelling keeps the force image: an argument pushes your mind toward belief.
Her explanation was compelling because every claim was tied to visible evidence.