APPEALING
ADJECTIVES
1854 ► TAKY appealing, alluring, fascinating, attractive; that takes the fancy or affection → colloq.
1941 ► MAD appealing, remarkable, exciting; excellent, cool → sl.
1967 ► DAPT physically appealing; attractive, dapper; well-dressed; stylish; broadly, pleasant → African-American sl.
1970 ► FUZZY appealing or adorable due to some quality of shy innocence or vulnerability → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► HEAVY appealing to the senses → US sl. (Bk.)
1982 ► FUNKY FRESH appealing, stylish, or fashionable → colloq., orig. US
NOUNS
1996 ► VA VA VOOM the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing; a powerful or seductive style → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1502 ► ANGEL a person, esp. a woman or child, who is considered to be remarkably appealing, beautiful, or attractive
1913 ► CRACKER a very appealing, attractive, or admirable person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
2009 ► YOU CAN’T POLISH A TURD BUT YOU CAN ROLL IT IN GLITTER you cannot actually improve something unalterably unpleasant or of poor quality, but you can make it appear to be more tolerable, appealing, acceptable, etc.
VERBS
1839 ► TAKE A SHINE TO to find appealing or attractive; to have a fancy or affection for → sl., orig. US
M19. ► HAVE THE SHINERS FOR to find appealing or attractive; to have a fancy or affection for; to take a liking to someone → sl., orig. US
M19. ► TAKE A SHINDY to find appealing or attractive; to have a fancy or affection for; to take a liking to someone → sl., orig. US
1925 ► DOOZIE UP to make more appealing or attractive as by adding features or ornaments, cleaning or repairing or clothing brightly → Amer. colloq.
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