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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
Tesla officially appealed the ruling to the Delaware Supreme Court in January.
"The result is a financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions," he told the Supreme Court in the appeal.
His reputation as a player suggests he is not be someone to be messed with, which is perhaps appealing to the support given their team's fragile displays this term.
She appealed against the proposed eight-week Lords ban, claiming it was "unduly severe" compared with shorter suspensions for bullying or misuse of facilities.
And he even appealed to Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, seating next to him, to pardon Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption – charges that the Israeli PM denies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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