HyperDic: appealing

English > 2 senses of the word *appealing*:
ADJECTIVE	all	appealing	able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
ADJECTIVE	all	appealing, sympathetic, likeable, likable	(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

appealing > pronunciation
Sounds	ahpiy'lihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *appealing*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	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"
Narrower	attention-getting, catchy	likely to attract attention
Narrower	attractive	Having power to arouse interest
Opposite	unappealing	not able to attract favorable attention
Nouns	appealingness	attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Adverbs	appealingly	in an appealing manner

English > *appealing*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.
Synonyms	sympathetic, likeable, likable
Category	drama	The literary genre of works intended for the theater
Opposite	unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable	(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
Spanish	atrayente, simpático
Nouns	appealingness	attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

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