striking

strik·ing  (strkng)

adj.

Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See Synonyms at noticeable.

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striking·ly adv.

striking·ness n.

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striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ]

adj

1. attracting attention; fine; impressive a striking beauty

2. conspicuous; noticeable a striking difference

strikingly  adv

strikingness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	striking - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" impinging, contact happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens collision, hit - (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" interlocking, meshing, mesh, engagement - contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" flick - a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" impact - the striking of one body against another touch, touching - the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
	2.	striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" hitting, hit touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" contusion - the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion" crash, smash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" bunt - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat fly ball, fly - (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper - (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground header - (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head scorcher, screamer - a very hard hit ball plunker, plunk - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Adj.	1.	striking - 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" spectacular, dramatic impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
	2.	striking - 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" prominent, salient, outstanding, spectacular conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

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striking

adjective

1. distinct, noticeable, conspicuous, clear, obvious, evident, manifest, unmistakable, observable, perceptible, appreciable He bears a striking resemblance to Lenin.

2. impressive, dramatic, stunning (informal), wonderful, extraordinary, outstanding, astonishing, memorable, dazzling, noticeable, conspicuous, drop-dead (slang), out of the ordinary, forcible, jaw-dropping, gee-whizz (slang) She was a striking woman with long blonde hair.
impressive average, unimpressive, unexceptional, dull, indifferent, vanilla (informal), undistinguished, uninteresting, unextraordinary

Translations

striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= remarkable, arresting) [picture, clothes, colour] → llamativo; [contrast] → notable; [similarity, difference] → sorprendente; [beauty] → imponente, impresionante; [woman] → imponente
her striking good looks → su imponente or impresionante belleza
to bear a striking resemblance to sb → parecerse muchísimo a algn
the most striking feature of the house → el detalle que más llama la atención de la casa
her thesis has several striking features → su tesis contiene varios aspectos sobresalientes
it is striking that → es impresionante que ...

2. a striking clock → un reloj que marca las horas

3. (Ind) the striking workers → los obreros en huelga

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striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ] adj

(= marked) [difference, contrast, resemblance, feature] → frappant(e)
a striking difference → une différence frappante

(= eye-catching) [person, beauty, good looks, appearance] → qui attire l'œil
She was a striking redhead → C'était une rousse qui attirait l'œil.

(= on strike) → en grève
striking miners → les mineurs en grève

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striking

adj

(= arresting) contrast, colour, resemblance etc → auffallend, bemerkenswert; difference → verblüffend, erstaunlich; person → bemerkenswert; looks → umwerfend; appearance, beauty → eindrucksvoll; a striking example of something → ein hervorragendes Beispiel für etw

attr worker → streikend

attr clock → mit Schlagwerk; the striking clock keeps me awake → das Schlagen der Uhr lässt mich nicht schlafen; striking mechanism → Schlagwerk nt

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striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ] adj (arresting, picture, dress, colour) → che colpisce; (person) → che fa colpo; (obvious, contrast, resemblance) → evidente, lampante; (shocking, change, sight) → impressionante
to be within striking distance of sth (Mil) → essere a portata di tiro da qc (fig) → essere a un tiro di schioppo da qc

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striking [ˈstraɪkɪŋ] adj (arresting, picture, dress, colour) → che colpisce; (person) → che fa colpo; (obvious, contrast, resemblance) → evidente, lampante; (shocking, change, sight) → impressionante
to be within striking distance of sth (Mil) → essere a portata di tiro da qc (fig) → essere a un tiro di schioppo da qc

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striking → لافت للنظر nápadný påfaldende bemerkenswert εντυπωσιακός asombroso silmiinpistävä frappant dojmljiv impressionante 目立つ 인상적인 opvallend påfallende uderzający impressionante поразительный slående ซึ่งโดดเด่น çarpıcı đầy ấn tượng 惊人的