Appealing meaning

What does “appealing” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“appealing” is an adjective with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention.

appealing

able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
“He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology”
“an appealing sense of humor”
Oppositesunappealing
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
“the sympathetic characters in the play”
Synonymssympathetic likeable likable

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University