approval If you describe someone as forceful, you approve of them because they express their opinions and wishes in a strong, emphatic, and confident way. He was a man of forceful character, with considerable insight and diplomatic skills. + forcefully force·ful·ly Mrs. Dambar was talking very rapidly and somewhat forcefully. + forcefulness force·ful·ness She had inherited her father's forcefulness
characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"
Something that is forceful has a very powerful effect and causes you to think or feel something very strongly. It made a very forceful impression on me For most people a heart attack is a forceful reminder that they are mortal. = powerful + forcefully force·ful·ly Daytime television tended to remind her too forcefully of her own situation