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Definition of appealing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

appealing

adjective
 
/əˈpiːlɪŋ/
 
/əˈpiːlɪŋ/
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  1. attractive or interesting
    • Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.
    • Brightly coloured packaging made the pens especially appealing to children.
    • The large salary made their offer even more appealing to him.
    opposite unappealing
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • to
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  2. showing that you want people to help you or to show you sympathy
    • ‘Would you really help?’ he said with an appealing look.
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