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Appealing

//ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having appeal; attractive.

    "Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    able to attract interest or draw favorable attention wordnet
  2. 2
    (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making an appeal.

    "The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings, which my sense of duty alone enabled me to resist, I bore my prisoner off."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of appeal form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.

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