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English adjective: appealing

1. appealing able to attract interest or draw favorable attention


SamplesHe added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology.
An appealing sense of humor.
The idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing.


Similarattention-getting, attractive, catchy


Antonymsunappealing

2. appealing (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings


SamplesThe sympathetic characters in the play.


Synonymslikable, likeable, sympathetic


Domain categorydrama


Antonymsunappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic









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