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1. Able to attract interest or draw favourable attention
   "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"; "an appealing sense of humour"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
    
2. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
   - sympathetic, likeable, likable

1. Take a court case to a higher court for review
   "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
    
2. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
   "appeal to somebody for help"
   - invoke
    
3. Be attractive to
   "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"
   - attract
    
4. Challenge (a decision)
   "She appealed the verdict"
    
5. Cite as an authority; resort to
   "I appealed to the law of 1900"
   - invoke

See also: appealable, appealingly, appealingness, appellant, attention-getting, attractive, catchy

Type of: advert, bespeak, bring up, call for, challenge, cite, mention, name, quest, refer, request, take exception

Antonym: unappealing

Encyclopedia: Appeal