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appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ] adj
attractive or pleasing appealingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
appealing adjective attractive, inviting, engaging, charming, winning, desirable, endearing, alluring, winsome, prepossessing That's a very appealing idea. offensive, disgusting, forbidding, revolting, sickening, undesirable, unattractive, repellent, obnoxious, repulsive, objectionable, odious, repugnant, unappealing, loathsome, unprepossessing, uninviting, unalluring Translations appealing [əˈpiːlɪŋ] ADJ 1. (= attractive) [idea] → atractivo, atrayente the idea would be very appealing to Britain → la idea resultaría muy atractiva or atrayente para Gran Bretaña the book is especially appealing to the younger reader → el libro es de especial interés para el lector joven they are trying to make the party more appealing to younger voters → intentan 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) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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