Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Attracting and holding the attention; striking. See Synonyms at noticeable.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of arrest.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. commanding attention
Examples
“John D: The UK is wrong in arresting this objectionable idiot.”
“The UK is wrong in arresting this objectionable idiot.”
“In a prime time news conference last month, Obama said "the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home.”
“President Obama said 'the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody.”
“Obama: Cops ‘acted stupidly’ in arresting Harvard prof”
“Until then, the list of leaches will never diminish. on March 25, 2009 at 12: 32 pm | Reply Joseph K. IG would there not be a detection for a Met copper in arresting Mcnumpty, Smith, Conway or Jowell (read the PoCA s327-9).”
“Actually, I think part of the reason for the change was to reduce the profit involved in arresting people with a couple of joints.”
“Ecky Thump explains why: it is just ludicrous to expect an individual officer to get involved in arresting MPs.”
“It appears that I will just have to accept that the police are more interested in arresting drunks and acting as social workers to the underclass, than investigation what is prima facie serious fraud. on May 17, 2009 at 4: 09 pm inspectorgadget”
“In this case, the "other" treatment was a drug that had pretty much been found to be ineffective in arresting this type of melanoma.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘arresting’.
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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GRE
Taisha GRE Bible
archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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adjectives
sartorial, saucy, wieldy, wuthering, dilapidated, rough-and-ready, flabbergasted, ravishing, seminal, snooty, galore, scrumptious and 386 more...
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"The Liar"
by Stephen Fry
fetching, unguent, putdown, methinks, baccarat, scrummy, phial, tutelage, welter, slipshod, rough-book, swot and 52 more...
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jannygirl's Words
definitely, scrumptious, smooth, rocket, memory, tangible, groove, massage, drastic, sweet, silly, reciprocal and 78 more...
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to-use
lapidary, sacrosanct, stupendous, armophous, rah-rah, petty, consternation, meandering, cherry pick, garish, vacuous, agitated and 66 more...
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