unlikeable vs unappealing

unlikeable and unappealing both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unlikeable	No	Yes	No	No
unappealing	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, unlikeable and unappealing are synonyms defined as:

unlikeable and unappealing: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

Other synonyms of unlikeable include unlikable, unsympathetic.

unlikeable (adjective)	unappealing (adjective)
(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings	not able to attract favorable attention
difficult or impossible to like	(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings