appealing in WordNet English dictionary

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"
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2. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
   "the sympathetic characters in the play"
   sympathetic  appealing  likeable  likable