Appealing

Quick meaning: Appealing is an adjective meaning Having appeal; attractive.

Meaning

Having appeal; attractive.

More Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of appeal
2. The act of making an appeal.

Example Sentences

Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.

The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings, which my sense of duty alone enabled me to resist, I bore my prisoner off.

Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.

Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.

Word Forms

• appealings

Synonyms for appealing

Depending on context, synonyms include sympathetic, imploring, beseeching, attractive, importunate, pleading.

Antonyms for appealing

Common opposites include unappealing, unsympathetic, unlikeable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include attractive, catchy, likable, sympathetic, likeable, importunate.

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