appealing

adj. begging; attractive; interesting

v. plead; request; petition for a new trial or judgment (Law); raise money, fundraise, be involved or engaged in fundraising; plea; attract a person; be particularly attractive or pleasing, be charming

Adjective
1. able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
(antonym) unappealing
(similar) attention-getting, catchy
2. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
(synonym) sympathetic, likeable, likable
(classification) drama
3. expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
(synonym) imploring, importunate, pleading
(similar) beseeching

Noun
1. earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
(synonym) entreaty, prayer
(hypernym) request, asking
(hyponym) adjuration
(derivation) invoke
2. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
(synonym) appealingness, charm
(hypernym) attractiveness
(hyponym) siren call, siren song
(derivation) attract
3. (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(classification) law, jurisprudence
4. request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
(synonym) solicitation, collection, ingathering
(hypernym) request, petition, postulation
(hyponym) whip-round
Verb
1. take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
(hypernym) challenge
(derivation) appellant, plaintiff in error
2. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
(synonym) invoke
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) plead
(derivation) entreaty, prayer
3. be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
(synonym) attract
(hyponym) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
(derivation) appealingness, charm
4. challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
(hypernym) challenge, take exception
5. cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
(synonym) invoke
(hypernym) mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appeal
  

(a.)
That appeals; imploring.
  

Synonyms and related words:
achingly sweet, adjuratory, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, alluring, appetizing, ariose, arioso, attracting, attractive, begging, beguiling, beseeching, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, canorous, cantabile, captivating, catching, catchy, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delightful, dulcet, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, entreating, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, fine-toned, flirtatious, glamorous, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, heart-robbing, honeyed, hypnotic, imploring, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, melodious, mesmeric, mouth-watering, music-flowing, music-like, musical, piquant, pleading, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, precative, precatory, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, rich, seducing, seductive, sensuous, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, siren, sirenic, songful, songlike, sonorous, spellbinding, spellful, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, tunable, tuneful, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching
  

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