Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See Synonyms at noticeable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The removal of the center upon which an arch has been built. See striking-plate.
- n. The propagation of plants by cuttings or slips.
- Standing out prominently and conspicuously, so as strongly to impress the eye or the mind; prominent; notable; impressive; remarkable; surprising: as, a striking resemblance; a striking remark.
- n. The taking down of the cured tobacco-plant from the tiers for stripping. See stripping, 10.
Wiktionary
- adj. of that which makes a strong impression
- v. present participle of strike.
GNU Webster's 1913
- a. & n. from strike, v.
- adj. Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- adj. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
- n. the physical coming together of two or more things
- n. the act of contacting one thing with another
Examples
“From the 759 I culled out 180 that deserved the term striking.”
“But exactly how hot and how heavy depends on which side you are talking to, with Yahoo seeking to play it a bit cooler and Microsoft, according to many sources, aggressively interested in striking a deal.”
“This should be an eye-opener for the Palin-phobics as she has been savaged by Dems and the media like no one before and yet remains within striking distance of Obama.”
“The problem is that even if the Thirteenth Amendment could be justified in striking down Jim Crow as an incident of slavery, it would not be sufficient for striking down similar laws in states where slavery never existed, like Illinois and Oregon.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
“House of Representatives because Seante Republicans were successful in striking a few portions from thebill.”
“Even the Republican-biased Rassmussen has Crist in striking distance if he runs as an independent.”
“Also striking is how far the SG has stretched the usual rules for certiorari in pursuit of that goal.”
“Now, it seems to me that in striking down long-standing sodomy laws in Lawrence v. Texas, the court has opened up the obscenity standard to additional scrutiny, particularly with regard to post-Miller obscenity law.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Future of “Serious Value” Safe Harbors
“The RNC, reportedly, distributed that money to states where Republican congressional candidates were in striking distance of Democratic incumbents.”
Think Progress » Norquist says Haley Barbour ‘is not completely fluent in English.’
“And BTW Brown is within striking distance up in Massachusetts …. the liberal dream might end just yet!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘striking’.
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Impressionism
Words that describe the art of the impressionist era.
seascapes, landscapes, modern, impression, impressionist, contemporary, flicker, sensation, modernity, perceived, perceiving, momentary and 142 more...
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Beautiful and Ugly
Beautiful, attractive, well-formed
Ugly, unattractive, malformedadorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beaming, beauteous, beautiful, becoming, beguiling, bewitching and 180 more...
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no. 2
lethargic, draining, bane of one's life, hectic, mission, downer, annoying, a pain in the pro..., proverbial, stressful, not ideal, debilitating and 20 more...
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words to describe everything GOLD
emotions, reactions, senses, how do we feel when we wear gold, generational, memories,
Sensual, illuminated, history, intricate, classic, bright, luxe, sparkly, splashy, metallic, perfection, gilt and 30 more...
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Daily We
proliferate, defunct, like-minded, like-minded people, barely, caution, emphasize, striking, emerging, increasingly, engage, exposure and 46 more...
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africasunsets's list
serendipity, fragrance, glamour, smitten, nourish, lavish, luxury, wicked, gem, daring, soothe, fantasy and 192 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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kmalladi's favorites
edification, penchant, ablution, extricate, frank, triumvirate, trifecta, egregious, hoi polloi, articulate, antediluvian, brusque and 291 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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TT2 Lesson 18
Nevada, basin, faraway, inland, onto, rocky, peak, period, seafloor, prehistoric, historic, history and 77 more...
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preface
occasion, impulsively, fortunately, nonetheless, scurrying, announced, particularly, handsome, immediately, witty, striking, famous and 29 more...
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beautiful
adjectives expressing beauty and more
striking, stunning, splendid, mesmerizing, enchanting, enigmatic, mystic, sparkling, amazing, awesome, babelicious, dazzling and 26 more...
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Tunie: Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
Words and music by Guy Marks.
Oh, your red scarf matches your eyes,
You closed your cover before striking,
Father had the shipfitter blues,
Loving you has made me ban...dined, iodine, waiter, finger, burnt, bananas, loving, blues, shipfitter, striking, cover, closed and 3 more...
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Weekly list(17-22/08/2010)
exhausting, to encounter, encounter, insistance, aware of, aware, insist, ensure, desire, procure, pinnacle, courteous and 14 more...
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new words to learn
new words from study
pudder, misleading, threatening, striking, faith, drone, priest, taught
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