Associations to the word «Appealing»

Wiktionary

APPEALING, adjective. Having appeal; attractive.
APPEALING, verb. Present participle of appeal
APPEALING, noun. The act of making an appeal.

Dictionary definition

APPEALING, adjective. 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".
APPEALING, adjective. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats