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appealing

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ap·peal·ing  (-plng)
adj.
Attractive; inviting: an appealing manner; an appealing idea.

ap·pealing·ly adv.

appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ]
adj
attractive or pleasing
appealingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.appealing - able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "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"
unappealing - not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"
2.appealing - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater

appealing
Translations
appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ] ADJ
1. (= attractive) [idea] → atractivo, atrayente
the idea would be very appealing to Britainla idea resultaría muy atractiva or atrayente para Gran Bretaña
the book is especially appealing to the younger readerel libro es de especial interés para el lector joven
they are trying to make the party more appealing to younger votersintentan hacer que el partido atraiga al electorado joven
2. (= beseeching) [look, eyes] → suplicante
appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ] adj
(= attractive) [idea, thought] → attrayant(e)
(= touching) → attendrissant(e)
(= imploring) [look] → implorant(e)
appealing
adj
(= attractive)attraktiv; person, characteransprechend, attraktiv; smile, eyesattraktiv, reizvoll; kitten, childsüß, niedlich; cottage, housereizvoll, reizend
(= supplicating) look, voiceflehend
appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ] adj (attractive) → attraente; (pleading) → supplichevole


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All on a sudden some night it will come wailing in the wind outside your window, and you must blacken your heart and harden your face with another strangling grip of its slim appealing throat, another blow upon its angel eyes.
Her education made it likely that she would be a typist more efficient than the average, and her story made her claims appealing.
Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now - now to sit, or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon.
 
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