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| 1. | [ adjective ] able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | unappealing attractive attention-getting | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | |
| Synonyms: | likeable likable sympathetic | |
| Examples: | "the sympathetic characters in the play" |
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| Related terms: | unsympathetic drama | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] expressing earnest entreaty | |
| Synonyms: | imploring pleading importunate | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | beseeching | |
| Similar spelling: |
appealingly appalling Appling appallingly Applin aphelion appellant Apolinar |
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