Antonyms for appeals

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : uh-peel

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpil

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for appeals

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