appeal

appeal

noun

Definition of APPEAL

1

an earnest request <made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood>

Synonyms adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication

Related Words application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence

2

the power of irresistible attraction <that hot new actress has a certain indescribable appeal>

Synonyms allure, animal magnetism, appeal, attractiveness, captivation, charisma, duende, enchantment, fascination, force field, glamour (also glamor), magic, magnetism, oomph, pizzazz (or pizazz), seductiveness, witchery

Related Words allurement, attraction, call, lure, seduction; agreeableness, darlingness, delightfulness, desirability, desirableness, niceness, pleasantness, pleasingness, sweetness; sex appeal

Near Antonyms disagreeableness, distastefulness, obnoxiousness, offensiveness, unpleasantness

Antonyms repulsion, repulsiveness