Dictionary Definition
appealing adj
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" [ant: unappealing]
2 (of characters in literature or drama) evoking
empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in
the play" [syn: sympathetic, likeable, likable] [ant: unsympathetic]
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"
[syn: imploring,
importunate,
pleading]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Having appeal; attractive.
Derived terms
Verb
appealing- present participle of appeal
Anagrams
Synonyms, Antonyms 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