Appeal

Verb

 * 1)  To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior  to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
 * 2)  To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights.
 * 3)  To be attractive; as, that idea appeals to me means I find the idea attractive.
 * 4)  To ask an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not
 * 5)  To accuse (someone of something).

Noun

 * 1)  (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from  an inferior to a superior judge or court for  reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for  some heinous crime demanding punishment for the  particular injury suffered, rather than for the  offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his  accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.  --Tomlins. --Bouvier.
 * 2) A summons to answer to a charge. --John Dryden.
 * 3) A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
 * 4) Resort to physical means; recourse.
 * 5) The power to attract or interest
 * : the act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not.

Adjectives for Appeal
effective; universal; pathetic; emphatic overt, contagious; impassioned; dramatic modern; sorrowful; mute; unwitting; infinite; frail; sudden; potential; lamentable eternal; frantic;  mournful;  diversified rude; artless; inharmonious; constant; visible; urgent; boisterous; manifest; felicitous irresistible; self-respecting; gastronomic singular; persistent;  troubled; popular manly; matchless; unconscious; skillful powerful; agonizing; unanswerable; eloquent; psychological; despairing; qualified humanitarian; tragic; genuine; lasting; sad unspoken; pitiable; speechless; crushing; fiery; piteous; tender; shrill; plaintive;hypnotic; sensuous; unavailing; habitual; emotional; enticing; alluring; joyous; visual; wonderful; deafening; logical; lovable:warm; convincing; devout; childish; rare; luxurious; stirring; lusty; courageous; challenging; feminine; public; delicate; artistic magic; poetic; world-wide; human; timid:hurt; solemn; abject; weak; vague; adventurous; whimsical; strange; sensational; animated; electrifying; magnetic; tremendous; spectacular; imploring; wistful; timely; poignant; demagogical; superficial; panic-stricken; vain; inflammatory; dumb; admirable; olfactory; savory; mysterious; abnormal; sporadic; prophetic; distinct; comprehensive; gripping; unique; strong; intense; spontaneous; overbearing; sympathetic; strident; truculent; blatant; unvoiced.

Verbs for Appeal
abandon—; address—; admit—; afford—;bolster—; broadcast—; claim—; decline—;deny—; desist in—; discourage—; disregard—; enact—; exercise—; file—; give notice of—; grant—; institute—; invoke—; involve—; justify—; lose—; merit—; modify—; nullify—; present—; prevent—; privilege to—; prosecute—; provide—; provide security for—; question—; refuse—; regulate—; rely on—; render—; renew—; resist—; respond to—; review—; rule—;schedule—; stir by—; subject to—; submit to—; succumb to—; support—; voice—;whine—; yield to—; —engrosses; —fails;—reverses.

Adverbs for Appeal
strangely; frantically; directly; strongly;confidently; constantly; irresistibly; forcibly;specially; powerfully; perpetually; effective¬ly;  dramatically;  sorrowfully;  mutely;strongly; mournfully; artlessly; rudely; urgently; boisterously; eloquently; tragically piteously; tenderly; emotionally; shrilly deafeningly; logically; stirringly; warmly lustily; courageously; publicly; abjectly wistfully; stridently; truculently; blatantly outspokenly;    mysteriously; grippingly uniquely; sympathetically.

Synonyms for Appeal
call, apply, request, invoke, plead, pray, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, supplicate.

Antonyms for Appeal
deny, disclaim, retract, refuse, revoke, renounce, recall.

Thesaurus
acceptability; adjuration; adjure; adorability; agacerie; agreeability; aid prayer; allure; allurement; amiability; appeal motion; appeal to; appealingness; application; application for retrial; apply; asking; attract; attraction; attractiveness; be attractive; beadroll; beads; beckon; beg; beguile; beguilement; beguiling; beseech; beseechment; bewitchery; bewitchment; bid; bidding prayer; blandishment; brace; breviary; cajolery; call; call for help; call on; call upon; captivation; certiorari; chaplet; charisma; charm; charmingness; clamor; clamor for; collect; come-hither; communion; conjure; contemplation; crave; cry; cry for; cry on; cry to; delightfulness; desirability; devotions; draw; drawing power; enchantment; engage; enravishment; enthrallment; enticement; entrancement; entrapment; entreat; entreaty; excite; exquisiteness; fascinate; fascination; fetch; flirtation; forbidden fruit; glamour; grace; impetrate; impetration; imploration; implore; imploring; importune; imprecate; imprecation; inducement; intercession; interest; intrigue; inveiglement; invitation; invite; invitingness; invocation; invocatory plea; invoke; kneel to; likability; litany; lovability; loveliness; lovesomeness; lure; luxury; magnetism; meditation; obsecration; obtest; obtestation; orison; petition; plea; plead; plead for; pleasantness; please; pray; prayer; prayer wheel; provocativeness; pull; request; requesting; rogation; rosary; run to; seducement; seduction; seductiveness; sensuousness; sex appeal; silent prayer; snaring; solicit; solicitation; sue; sue for; suit; summon; supplicate; supplication; sweetness; tantalization; tantalize; tantalizingness; tease; tempt; temptation; temptingness; thanks; thanksgiving; tickle; titillate; unobjectionableness; voluptuousness; whet the appetite; winning ways; winningness; winsomeness; witchcraft; witchery; wooing; writ of certiorari; writ of error