appealing

  • 1Appealing — Ap*peal ing, a. That appeals; imploring. {Ap*peal ing*ly}, adv. {Ap*peal ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2appealing — index attractive, precatory, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3appealing — mid 15c., as a noun, action of petitioning a higher court or authority, from prp. of APPEAL (Cf. appeal) (v.). Adjectival sense of attractive attested by 1892. Related: Appealingly …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4appealing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive or interesting. DERIVATIVES appealingly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5appealing — ap|peal|ing [ ə pilıŋ ] adjective * 1. ) attractive and interesting: Max had an appealing old fashioned charm. appealing to: We ve tried to make the design more appealing to young people. 2. ) only before noun an appealing look, voice, etc. shows …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6appealing — [[t]əpi͟ːlɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is appealing is pleasing and attractive. There was a sense of humour to what he did that I found very appealing... That s a very appealing idea. Syn: attractive Ant: unappealing Derived… …

    English dictionary

  • 7appealing — adjective 1 attractive or interesting: find sb/sth appealing: I find the idea of $100,000 dollars a year very appealing. | She does look rather appealing in that dress. 2 appealing look/voice etc a look etc that shows that someone wants help or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8appealing */ — UK [əˈpiːlɪŋ] / US [əˈpɪlɪŋ] adjective 1) attractive and interesting The building has an appealing old fashioned charm. appealing to: We ve tried to make the design more appealing to young people. 2) [only before noun] an appealing look, voice… …

    English dictionary

  • 9appealing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ make sth ▪ The large salary made their offer even more appealing to him. ▪ find sth …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10appealing — ap|peal|ing [əˈpi:lıŋ] adj 1.) attractive or interesting ≠ ↑unappealing ▪ The city offers an appealing combination of sporting and cultural events. ▪ It creates an atmosphere which visitors find so appealing . 2.) appealing look/expression/voice… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English