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appeal
noun as in request for help
Strongest matches
application, bid, call, claim, demand, overture, petition, plea, proposal, question, suit
Strong matches
address, adjuration, entreaty, importunity, invocation, prayer, proposition, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission, supplication
Weak match
noun as in power to attract, interest
Strong matches
attraction, attractiveness, beauty, fascination, glamor, interestingness, pleasingness
Weak matches
verb as in request
Example Sentences
And so, despite tearful appeals from his mother, he returned and enlisted in July.
Vanderbilt strives to imbue “Nuremberg” with a retro appeal that sometimes feels misplaced.
The author also intended it to be a love letter to his family, notably his wife, Julie, so a lot of the book has the universal appeal of someone else’s vacation videos.
"We've submitted appeals of what we see as unfair dismissals of these 31 workers... in fact, we'll fight for the reinstatement of our members," Carter told AFP.
Something about the gory image appealed to Kennedy’s dark sense of humor.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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