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Synonyms for appeals
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-peel |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈpil |
Top 10 synonyms for appeals Other synonyms for the word appeals
- address
- adjuration
- adjure
- advance
- attraction
- attractiveness
- beauty
- beg
- beguile
- beseech
- captivate
- catch the eye
- charmingness
- crave
- demand
- enchant
- engage
- engagingness
- entice
- entreat
- entreaty
- fascinate
- fascination
- glamor
- hit on
- imploration
- implore
- importune
- importunity
- interestingness
- intrigue
- invite
- invocation
- overture
- petition
- plea
- plead
- please
- pleasingness
- pray
- prayer
- proposal
- propose
- proposition
- question
- recourse
- refer
- require
- requisition
- resort to
- seductiveness
- solicit
- solicitation
- strike
- submission
- submit
- sue
- suit
- supplicate
- supplication
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
Définition of appeals
Origin :- early 14c., originally in legal sense of "to call" to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler "to call upon, accuse," Old French apeler "make an appeal" (11c., Modern French appeler), from Latin appellare "to accost, address, appeal to, summon, name," iterative of appellere "to prepare," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pellere "to beat, drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Related: Appealed; appealing.
- Probably a Roman metaphoric extension of a nautical term for "driving a ship toward a particular landing." Popular modern meaning "to be attractive or pleasing" is quite recent, attested from 1907 (appealing in this sense is from 1891), from the notion of "to address oneself in expectation of a sympathetic response."
- noun request for help
- noun power to attract, interest
- verb request
- verb attract, interest
- Timon gives with both hands, but when he appeals to his friends, is treated as a bore.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He appeals to the temper of wonder, and creates that mood in which alone he can be understood.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- He appeals, 'Good lord, father, you are not going to begin now.'
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- He's a man who appeals to me, and I want to help his suit and give him Lucile, if I can.
- Extract from : « The Middle Class Gentleman » by Moliere
- Appeals to a sense of duty do not reach beyond the understanding.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- So far, he appeals only to a very select section of the public.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- But has the rumseller been confounded or speechless at these appeals?
- Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
- This was exactly the sort of "tit-for-tat" humor that appeals to a Yankee crowd.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He allows of two appeals—in each case however with an increase of the penalty.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- He saw her sinking lower than ever man sinks; he heard her appeals, her supplications.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for appeals
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