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appeal
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1 an earnest request made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood Synonyms adjuration, plea, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplicationRelated 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, charm, attractiveness, captivation, charisma, duende, enchantment, fascination, force field, glamour (also glamor), magic, magnetism, oomph, pizzazz (or pizazz), seductiveness, witcheryRelated Words allurement, attraction, call, lure, seduction; agreeableness, darlingness, delightfulness, desirability, desirableness, niceness, pleasantness, pleasingness, sweetness; sex appealNear Antonyms disagreeableness, distastefulness, obnoxiousness, offensiveness, unpleasantnessAntonyms repulsion, repulsiveness
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