striking en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/
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Meanings
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Making a strong impression.
He looked quite striking in his new suit and tie.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
2016 February 6, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, retrieved 08 Feb 2016:A striking view is obtained from the train of the ruins of the ancient castle, which stands at the western end of the town on a mass of limestone rock rising precipitously from the tidal waters of the estuary of Pembroke River, a branch of Milford Haven.
1959 October 14, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 668:
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(not-comparable) On strike, taking part in industrial action.
a striking employee
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more striking | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most striking | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
uk вража́ючий (of that which makes a strong impression) · sv påfallande (of that which makes a strong impression) · fi silmiinpistävä (of that which makes a strong impression) · it impressionante (of that which makes a strong impression) · it scioccante (of that which makes a strong impression) · ru впечатля́ющий (of that which makes a strong impression) · sh eklatantan (of that which makes a strong impression) · es imponente (of that which makes a strong impression) · pl uderzający (of that which makes a strong impression) · sh impresivan (of that which makes a strong impression) · cs nápadný (of that which makes a strong impression) · hu feltűnő (of that which makes a strong impression) · ru впечатля́ющая (of that which makes a strong impression) · nl opvallend (of that which makes a strong impression) · mk впе́чатлив (of that which makes a strong impression) · sh napadan (of that which makes a strong impression) · bg удивителен (of that which makes a strong impression) · sv slående (of that which makes a strong impression) · es impresionante (of that which makes a strong impression) · it sconcertante (of that which makes a strong impression) · cy trawiadol (of that which makes a strong impression) · es acusado (of that which makes a strong impression) · pdt oppfaulent (of that which makes a strong impression) · fr éclatant (of that which makes a strong impression) · ru впечатля́ющие (of that which makes a strong impression) · lv spilgts (of that which makes a strong impression) · ru впечатля́ющее (of that which makes a strong impression) · hu szembeötlő (of that which makes a strong impression) · de auffällig (of that which makes a strong impression) · uk разю́чий (of that which makes a strong impression) · ro impresionant (of that which makes a strong impression) · ar لافِتٌ لِلنَّظَرِ (of that which makes a strong impression) · cs výrazný (of that which makes a strong impression) · es llamativo (of that which makes a strong impression) · ar لافِتَةٌ لِلنَّظَرِ (of that which makes a strong impression) · bg поразителен (of that which makes a strong impression) · nl treffend (of that which makes a strong impression)