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English

Verb

Appeal (third-person singular simple present Appeals, present participle Appealing, simple past and past participle Appealed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something).
  2. (transitive, law, chiefly US) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
  3. (transitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
  4. (intransitive) To be attractive; as, that idea appeals to me means I find the idea attractive.
  5. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not

Noun

Appeal (plural Appeals)
  1. (law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
  2. A summons to answer to a charge. --John Dryden.
  3. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
  4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
  5. The power to attract or interest
  6. (cricket): the act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not.

Adjectives for Appeal

effective; universal; pathetic; emphatic overt, contagious; impassioned; dramatic modern; sorrowful; mute; unwitting; infinite; frail; sudden; potential; lamentable eternal; frantic; mournful; diversified rude; artless; inharmonious; constant; visible; urgent; boisterous; manifest; felicitous irresistible; self-respecting; gastronomic singular; persistent; troubled; popular manly; matchless; unconscious; skillful powerful; agonizing; unanswerable; eloquent; psychological; despairing; qualified humanitarian; tragic; genuine; lasting; sad unspoken; pitiable; speechless; crushing; fiery; piteous; tender; shrill; plaintive;hypnotic; sensuous; unavailing; habitual; emotional; enticing; alluring; joyous; visual; wonderful; deafening; logical; lovable:warm; convincing; devout; childish; rare; luxurious; stirring; lusty; courageous; challenging; feminine; public; delicate; artistic magic; poetic; world-wide; human; timid:hurt; solemn; abject; weak; vague; adventurous; whimsical; strange; sensational; animated; electrifying; magnetic; tremendous; spectacular; imploring; wistful; timely; poignant; demagogical; superficial; panic-stricken; vain; inflammatory; dumb; admirable; olfactory; savory; mysterious; abnormal; sporadic; prophetic; distinct; comprehensive; gripping; unique; strong; intense; spontaneous; overbearing; sympathetic; strident; truculent; blatant; unvoiced.

Verbs for Appeal

abandon—; address—; admit—; afford—;bolster—; broadcast—; claim—; decline—;deny—; desist in—; discourage—; disregard—; enact—; exercise—; file—; give notice of—; grant—; institute—; invoke—; involve—; justify—; lose—; merit—; modify—; nullify—; present—; prevent—; privilege to—; prosecute—; provide—; provide security for—; question—; refuse—; regulate—; rely on—; render—; renew—; resist—; respond to—; review—; rule—;schedule—; stir by—; subject to—; submit to—; succumb to—; support—; voice—;whine—; yield to—; —engrosses; —fails;—reverses.

Adverbs for Appeal

strangely; frantically; directly; strongly;confidently; constantly; irresistibly; forcibly;specially; powerfully; perpetually; effective¬ly; dramatically; sorrowfully; mutely;strongly; mournfully; artlessly; rudely; urgently; boisterously; eloquently; tragically piteously; tenderly; emotionally; shrilly deafeningly; logically; stirringly; warmly lustily; courageously; publicly; abjectly wistfully; stridently; truculently; blatantly outspokenly; mysteriously; grippingly uniquely; sympathetically.

Synonyms for Appeal

call, apply, request, invoke, plead, pray, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, supplicate.

Antonyms for Appeal

deny, disclaim, retract, refuse, revoke, renounce, recall.

Thesaurus

acceptability; adjuration; adjure; adorability; agacerie; agreeability; aid prayer; allure; allurement; amiability; appeal motion; appeal to; appealingness; application; application for retrial; apply; asking; attract; attraction; attractiveness; be attractive; beadroll; beads; beckon; beg; beguile; beguilement; beguiling; beseech; beseechment; bewitchery; bewitchment; bid; bidding prayer; blandishment; brace; breviary; cajolery; call; call for help; call on; call upon; captivation; certiorari; chaplet; charisma; charm; charmingness; clamor; clamor for; collect; come-hither; communion; conjure; contemplation; crave; cry; cry for; cry on; cry to; delightfulness; desirability; devotions; draw; drawing power; enchantment; engage; enravishment; enthrallment; enticement; entrancement; entrapment; entreat; entreaty; excite; exquisiteness; fascinate; fascination; fetch; flirtation; forbidden fruit; glamour; grace; impetrate; impetration; imploration; implore; imploring; importune; imprecate; imprecation; inducement; intercession; interest; intrigue; inveiglement; invitation; invite; invitingness; invocation; invocatory plea; invoke; kneel to; likability; litany; lovability; loveliness; lovesomeness; lure; luxury; magnetism; meditation; obsecration; obtest; obtestation; orison; petition; plea; plead; plead for; pleasantness; please; pray; prayer; prayer wheel; provocativeness; pull; request; requesting; rogation; rosary; run to; seducement; seduction; seductiveness; sensuousness; sex appeal; silent prayer; snaring; solicit; solicitation; sue; sue for; suit; summon; supplicate; supplication; sweetness; tantalization; tantalize; tantalizingness; tease; tempt; temptation; temptingness; thanks; thanksgiving; tickle; titillate; unobjectionableness; voluptuousness; whet the appetite; winning ways; winningness; winsomeness; witchcraft; witchery; wooing; writ of certiorari; writ of error

Alternative forms

  • appel (15th - 16th centuries)

Etymology

From Old French apeler, from Latin appellō.

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Translations

Verb

To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc
To be attractive
To ask an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not

Noun

application for the removal of a cause to a superior judge for reexamination
entreaty

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

appeal

  1. appeal (power to attract or interest)
  2. sex appeal

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