striking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ

Adjective

striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)

1. Making a strong impression.

   Synonym: arresting

   He looked quite striking in his new suit and tie.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1959 October, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 668:

     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.

   • 2016 February 6, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, retrieved 8 February 2016:

     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.

2. (not comparable) On strike, taking part in industrial action.

   Antonyms: non-striking, nonstriking

   a striking employee

Translations

of that which makes a strong impression

• Arabic: لافِتٌ لِلنَّظَرِ m, لافِتَةٌ لِلنَّظَرِ m pl or f or f pl
• Bulgarian: поразителен (bg) (porazitelen), удивителен (bg) (udivitelen)
• Czech: výrazný (cs), nápadný (cs)
• Dutch: opvallend (nl), treffend (nl)
• Finnish: silmiinpistävä (fi)
• French: éclatant (fr)
• German: auffällig (de)
• Hungarian: szembeötlő (hu), feltűnő (hu)
• Italian: impressionante (it), sconcertante (it), scioccante (it)
• Latvian: spilgts
• Macedonian: впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv)
• Plautdietsch: oppfaulent
• Polish: uderzający (pl)
• Romanian: impresionant (ro)
• Russian: впечатля́ющий (ru) m (vpečatljájuščij), впечатля́ющая f (vpečatljájuščaja), впечатля́ющее n (vpečatljájuščeje), впечатля́ющие m pl or f pl or n pl (vpečatljájuščije)
• Serbo-Croatian: eklatantan (sh), napadan (sh), impresivan (sh)
• Spanish: llamativo (es), imponente (es), impresionante (es), acusado (es)
• Swedish: slående (sv), påfallande (sv)
• Ukrainian: разю́чий (razjúčyj), вража́ючий (vražájučyj)
• Welsh: trawiadol (cy)

Verb

striking

1. present participle and gerund of strike

Noun

striking (plural strikings)

1. The act by which something strikes or is struck.
   • 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense, page 142:

     We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

Derived terms

• striking clock
• striking distance
• striking plate
• striking range
• wonder-striking

Anagrams

• skirting