striking (
http://definr.com/striking)
adj 1: 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" [syn:
dramatic,
spectacular]
2: 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" [syn:
outstanding,
prominent,
salient,
spectacular]
n 1: the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact
with the pier scraped paint from the hull" [syn:
contact,
impinging]
2: a act of hitting one thing with another; "repeated hitting
raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally
got a hit" [syn:
hit,
hitting]