appealing

appealing
adjective
1) (imploring) flehend
2) (attractive) ansprechend [Farbe, Geschichte, Stil]; verlockend [Essen, Idee]; reizvoll [Haus, Beruf, Baustil]; angenehm [Stimme, Charakter]
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adjective
1) (pleasing: an appealing little girl.) ansprechend
2) (showing that a person wishes help etc: an appealing glance.) hilfesuchend
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ap·peal·ing
[əˈpi:lɪŋ]
adj
1. (attractive) attraktiv
\appealing idea verlockende Idee
▪ to be \appealing [to sb] [für jdn] verlockend sein
there is something quite \appealing about his lifestyle sein Lebensstil hat was fam; (charming) reizend
\appealing smile gewinnendes Lächeln
2. (beseeching) eyes, look flehend
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[ə'piːlɪŋ]
adj
1) (= attractive) attraktiv; person, character ansprechend, attraktiv; smile, eyes attraktiv, reizvoll; kitten, child süß, niedlich; cottage, house reizvoll, reizend
2) (= supplicating) look, voice flehend
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appealing adj (adv appealingly)
1. bittend, flehend
2. ansprechend, reizvoll, gefällig, (Baby etc) niedlich, süß, (Idee etc) zugkräftig
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adjective
1) (imploring) flehend
2) (attractive) ansprechend [Farbe, Geschichte, Stil]; verlockend [Essen, Idee]; reizvoll [Haus, Beruf, Baustil]; angenehm [Stimme, Charakter]
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adj.
ansprechend adj.
bittend adj.
einwirkend adj.
flehend adj.
gefällig adj.
reizvoll adj.

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