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Defenition of the word striking

    • Defenition of the word striking

      • the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
      • sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
      • a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
      • having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti_semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
      • the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
      • having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient trait
      • the act of contacting one thing with another
      • the physical coming together of two or more things
      • having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
      • sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

    Synonyms for the word striking

      • arresting
      • attractive
      • beautiful
      • conspicuous
      • contact
      • dramatic
      • eye-catching
      • good-looking
      • handsome
      • hit
      • hitting
      • impinging
      • noticeable
      • out of the ordinary
      • outstanding
      • prominent
      • remarkable
      • salient
      • signal
      • spectacular
      • stunning
      • unusual

    Similar words in the striking

      • conspicuous
      • impressive
      • obvious
      • striking
      • strikingly
      • strikings

    Hyponyms for the word striking

      • bunt
      • collision
      • contusion
      • crash
      • engagement
      • flick
      • fly
      • fly ball
      • ground ball
      • groundball
      • grounder
      • header
      • hit
      • hopper
      • impact
      • interlocking
      • mesh
      • meshing
      • plunk
      • plunker
      • scorcher
      • screamer
      • smash
      • touch
      • touching

    Hypernyms for the word striking

      • happening
      • natural event
      • occurrence
      • occurrent
      • touch
      • touching

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