Adjective
1. 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"2. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings;
"the sympathetic characters in the play"3. 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"