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appealing

/ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/adjective3 syllables

Appealing means: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention.

Synonyms for appealing6

adjective, as in able to attract interest or draw favorable attention

attention-getting, catchy, attractive

adjective, as in (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

sympathetic, likeable, likable

Opposites of appealing

unappealing

What does appealing mean?2

adjective

1

able to attract interest or draw favorable attention“He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology”

2

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings“the sympathetic characters in the play”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with appealing?13

three syllables

revealingconcealingrepealing
Show 40 near rhymes
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Appealing in a sentence

  • Appealing mostly to families with small children, the park had a nursery rhyme theme.CM
  • Nothing is so appealing as the innocent face of a sleeping baby.CM
  • They are appealing for money to help refugees.CK
  • My mother says she doesn't find rock appealing.unknown
  • I'm appealing on behalf of the famine victims.trieuho
  • A place like that is not really appealing.karloelkebekio
  • Do you find kissing appealing during sexual activity?Nuel
  • It is possible to launder language to make it more appealing and uplifting.Eccles17

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