appeal
verb
[ əˈpiːl ]
• make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.
• "police are appealing for information about the incident"
Similar:
ask urgently/earnestly,
request urgently/earnestly,
make an urgent/earnest request,
call,
make a plea,
plead,
beg,
sue,
• apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
• "he said he would appeal against the conviction"
• be attractive or interesting.
• "the range of topics will appeal to youngsters"
Similar:
attract,
be attractive to,
interest,
be of interest to,
please,
take someone's fancy,
charm,
engage,
fascinate,
intrigue,
tempt,
entice,
allure,
beguile,
lure,
invite,
draw,
whet someone's appetite,
float someone's boat,
tickle someone's fancy,
Opposite:
bore,
leave someone cold,
appeal
noun
• a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.
• "his mother made an appeal for the return of the ring"
• an application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed.
• "he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal"
• a request for donations to support a charity or cause.
• "a public appeal to raise £120,000"
• the quality of being attractive or interesting.
• "the popular appeal of football"
Similar:
attraction,
attractiveness,
interest,
allure,
charm,
enchantment,
fascination,
beauty,
charisma,
magnetism,
temptation,
seductiveness,
drawing power,
enticement,
pull,
Origin:
Middle English (in legal contexts): from Old French apel (noun), apeler (verb), from Latin appellare ‘to address’, based on ad- ‘to’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
