Analysis Complete

appealing

/ appealing /
adjective/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective Sense 1
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"
Similar:
attention-getting catchy attractive
Opposites:
unappealing
adjective satellite Sense 2
expressing earnest entreaty
"the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"
"she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"
"a pleading note in her voice"
Similar:
beseeching
adjective Sense 3
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
"the sympathetic characters in the play"
Opposites:
unsympathetic unappealing unlikeable unlikable
Domain:
drama
Semantic Complexity
55%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
4
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

attention-getting catchy attractive unappealing beseeching unsympathetic unlikeable unlikable