"appealing" meaning in English

See appealing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/ [US], /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appealing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more appealing [comparative], most appealing [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} appealing (comparative more appealing, superlative most appealing)
  1. Having appeal; attractive. Categories (topical): Appearance Derived forms: appealingly, appealingness, nonappealing Translations (Having appeal; attractive): aantrekkelijk (Dutch), alloga (Esperanto), attrayant (French), ansprechend (German), zugkräftig (German), tarraingteach (Irish), taitneamhach (Irish), mealltach (Irish), suggestivo (Italian), gradevole (Italian), attraente (Italian), rerehua (Maori), ātanga (Maori), turipū (Maori), привлекательный (privlekatelʹnyj) (Russian), прива́бливий (pryváblyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-appealing-en-adj-2GlvjSI8 Disambiguation of Appearance: 43 24 33

Noun

IPA: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/ [US], /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appealing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: appealings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} appealing (plural appealings)
  1. The act of making an appeal.
    Sense id: en-appealing-en-noun-YtyK3tka

Verb

IPA: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/ [UK], /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/ [US], /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appealing.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} appealing
  1. present participle and gerund of appeal Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: appeal
    Sense id: en-appealing-en-verb-J6fFDrYK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 8 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 8 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 8 67

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈpiː.lɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈpi.lɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːlɪŋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "appealing"
}

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