Appealing vs. Pretty — What's the Difference?

Attractive; inviting

(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

Having appeal; attractive.

Used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure

Present participle of appeal

To a moderately high degree; fairly

The act of making an appeal.

An attractive thing, especially a trinket

That appeals; imploring.

Make pretty or attractive

Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention;

Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.

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

Clever; adroit

Expressing earnest entreaty;

Very bad; terrible

Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction

(Informal) Considerable in size or extent

To a fair degree; moderately

In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

One that is pretty.

Pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.

To make pretty

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Cunning; clever, skilful.

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Something that is pretty.

To make pretty; to beautify

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.

Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;

Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);