appealing

adjective

ap·​peal·​ing ə-ˈpē-liŋ How to pronounce appealing (audio)
1
: having appeal : pleasing
an appealing design
2
: marked by earnest entreaty : imploring
the appealing look of an injured dog
appealingly adverb

Examples of appealing in a Sentence

a book with an appealing title the idea of living on Mars is appealing to space enthusiasts
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The Disney executives said the company has worked to make an appealing offer to YouTube TV. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025 Some of the certificates date back as far as the 1980s, but developing them is becoming more appealing as the far northern edges of Phoenix begin to fill out. Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025 By open-sourcing a similar capability, OpenAI is effectively giving developers the same kind of customizable guardrails that helped make Anthropic’s models so appealing. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025 Breer suggested keeping Lawrence and Thibodeaux was a way for the Giants to make the general manager and head coaching jobs more appealing. Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for appealing

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of appeal entry 2

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of appealing was in 1749

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“Appealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appealing. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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