appealing

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”

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

• “the sympathetic characters in the play”

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”