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Appealing   /əpˈilɪŋ/   Listen
Appealing

adjective
1.
Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention.  "An appealing sense of humor" , "The idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
2.
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.  Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic.


Appeal

verb
(past & past part. appealed; pres. part. appealing)
1.
Take a court case to a higher court for review.
2.
Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.  Synonym: invoke.  "Invoke God in times of trouble"
3.
Be attractive to.  Synonym: attract.  "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
4.
Challenge (a decision).
5.
Cite as an authority; resort to.  Synonym: invoke.  "I appealed to the law of 1900" , "She invoked an ancient law"



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"Appealing" Quotes from Famous Books



... blood under his pomatumed, powdered, and curled head, more under his right arm, which was slightly extended, with the open hand thrown palm upwards, as if appealing to heaven. ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu
... upon to solve many problems, and in working out these, there is shown the beauty and strength of soul of one of fiction's most appealing characters. ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford
... low, appealing voice.] Give me your word you have been loyal to me, down to your very thought, ...
— The Gay Lord Quex - A Comedy in Four Acts • Arthur W. Pinero
... and I'll go with you to any squire you choose to mention. If I tap yours, you'll perhaps let on that I'm the better man, and allow me to go about my lawful business at my own time and convenience, by God!—Is that fair, my lads?" says I, appealing to the company. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... to rejoin his travelling companions, who were some hours in advance of him, when, on reaching Dover he was arrested in his turn and brought hack to prison in London. Interrogated the same day, M. de Trappes frankly related what had passed, appealing to M. de Chateauneuf as to the ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere


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