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Type Words
Synonyms appealingness, charm
Type of attractiveness
Has types winsomeness, siren song, siren call


his smile was part of his appeal to her.
Type Words
Synonyms collection, ingathering, solicitation
Type of postulation, request, petition
Has types whip-round


an appeal to raise money for starving children.
Type Words
Synonyms entreaty, prayer
Type of request, asking
Has types suit, courting, courtship, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, solicitation, adjuration, supplication, wooing


an appeal for help.
an appeal to the public to keep calm.
Type Words
Synonyms attract
Has types charm, captivate, capture, catch, enamor, beckon, beguile, bewitch, fascinate, entrance, enchant, trance, enamour, becharm


The idea of a vacation appeals to me.
Type Words
Synonyms invoke
Type of quest, request, bespeak, ask for, call for
Has types turn, plead, call on


appeal to somebody for help.
Type Words
Synonyms invoke
Type of name, mention, advert, cite, refer, bring up


I appealed to the law of 1900.
Type Words
Type of take exception, challenge
Derivation appealable, appellant


She appealed the verdict.
Type Words
Type of legal proceeding, proceedings, proceeding


their appeal was denied in the superior court.
Type Words
Type of challenge
Derivation appellant, appealable


He was found guilty but appealed immediately.

Examples of appeal

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After an appeal, the 2007 value was set at $51,000, and his taxes were adjusted.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Gateway raised the money for the initial payments by an appeal to its listeners.
From the stltoday.com
With his case on appeal, he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971 at age 27.
From the thenewstribune.com
The dollar also weakened against the euro, increasing the appeal of commodities.
From the bloomberg.com
Okah will appeal the decision, his lawyer, Oghenovo Otemu, said in an interview.
From the bloomberg.com
He testified during his appeal hearing that he could have kneed her in the head.
From the denverpost.com
The company could ultimately appeal to the City Council to maintain its license.
From the kansas.com
Stefani was pushing for the city to drop its planned appeal and settle the case.
From the freep.com
As the latest offering in the ever-growing geekonomy, that's part of the appeal.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
  • Entreaty: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
  • Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
  • Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
  • (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
  • Attract: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
  • In law, an appeal is a process for requesting a formal change to an official decision.
  • In baseball, an appeal play occurs when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction which he would otherwise ignore.
  • In the sport of cricket, an appeal is the act of a player on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batsman is out or not. According to the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batsman out unless the fielding side appeals. ...