appealing
pronunciation
How to pronounce appealing in British English:
UK [əˈpiːlɪŋ]
How to pronounce appealing in American English:
US [əˈpiːlɪŋ]
-
- Adjective:
- able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
- (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
- expressing earnest entreaty
Word Origin
- appealing
- mid-15c. as a noun, "action of petitioning a higher court or authority," verbal noun from appeal (v.). Adjectival sense of "attractive" attested by 1892. Related: Appealingly.
Example
- 1. She is attractive , effervescent and has an appealing voice .
- 2. It may be appealing to policymakers to abstain from unpopular reforms and hope for more monetary accommodation from central banks .
- 3. Alas , this intuitively appealing idea is almost precisely the opposite of the truth .
- 4. " China does not exclude the possibility of appealing on china 's points of concern , " the ministry of commerce said .
- 5. Many voters find this appealing .