appeal


Meanings

  • earnest or urgent request;
    • "an appeal for help"
    • "an appeal to the public to keep calm"
  • attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates;
    • "his smile was part of his appeal to her"
  • (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial;
    • "their appeal was denied in the superior court"
  • request for a sum of money;
    • "an appeal to raise money for starving children"
  • take a court case to a higher court for review;
    • "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"
  • request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;
    • "appeal to somebody for help"
  • be attractive to;
    • "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"
  • challenge (a decision);
    • "She appealed the verdict"
  • cite as an authority; resort to;
    • "I appealed to the law of 1900"
  • APPEAL v -ED, -ING, -S to make an earnest request


Scrabble Score: 10

appeal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

appeal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

appeal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

appeal is a valid Words With Friends word