What does appealing mean?

Definitions for appealing
əˈpi lɪŋap·peal·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. appealingadjective

    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"

  2. sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likableadjective

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

    "the sympathetic characters in the play"

Wiktionary

  1. appealingadjective

    Having appeal; attractive.

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  1. appealing

    Appealing refers to something that is attractive, interesting, engaging, or pleasing. It is often used to describe something that stimulates a positive emotional response or causes someone to feel favorably towards it. It can refer to physical appearance, personality traits, ideas, actions, or any other aspect that could garner interest or approval.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Appealing

    of Appeal

  2. Appealingadjective

    that appeals; imploring

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  1. lagniappe

  2. panplegia

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of appealing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of appealing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of appealing in a Sentence

  1. Photographer Blincoe:

    I'm not so particular in my personal life, you know. My house isn't arranged by color, everything isn't in place at all times. But I think it's a good little kind of retreat for me to present these items in a visually appealing way, it's not something that I set up like, 'Oh, thank god I got that out of me,' but you know, it's definitely a part of what I love to do.

  2. Teresa Downing-Matibag:

    Dressing girls like grown women for Halloween communicates that they have the sexuality of adults, in the bodies of children, while little girls themselves likely have very little awareness of adult or even adolescent sexuality, or what sex is really about, the adults who are seeing them on the streets do. We are also communicating to adults that little girls are sexually appealing, and this message has tragic implications for their vulnerability to sexual abuse.

  3. Wheaton CEO Randy Smallwood:

    If I look at all the opportunities out there that I find appealing... it is probably between $4 billion to $5 billion worth.

  4. Patricia Tollenger:

    I'm tired of the slip-throughs. The appealing part to me about Trump is he's a man of action.

  5. Sabrina Callin:

    In a low-return environment, in particular, which prospectively we're likely in, strategies that provide that broad diversified equity exposure that many investors find appealing, but also can out-perform the market will be, we believe, very valuable in helping investors meet their return objectives.

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