appealing

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/ UK /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/
adj noun verb Freq #10825

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Attractive or interesting; making you want it or like it.

    The idea of a quiet weekend by the sea sounded very appealing.

  2. 2
    adj

    Making people feel sympathy or warmth, especially a character in a story.

    The film's hero is a shy but appealing young man you can't help rooting for.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · attractive or interesting;... attractive
2 adj · making people feel sympathy... likablelikeablesympathetic
Opposites
unappealing
Word family
Forms appealingly

Etymology

By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.

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