appealing

Meanings

Plural: appealings

Verb

• take a court case to a higher court for review
• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
• be attractive to
• challenge (a decision)
• cite as an authority; resort to
• present participle and gerund of appeal

Adjective

• able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; - Vincent Starrett
  • "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"
  • "an appealing sense of humor"
  • "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
• (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

Adj

• Having appeal; attractive.

Noun

• The act of making an appeal.

Synonyms

appeal, attract, invoke, likable, likeable, sympathetic

Antonyms

repel, unappealing, unsympathetic

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