able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
