striking
striking is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Strike. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Strike
- a. & n. from Strike, v.
- adjective. Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
- noun. the act of contacting one thing with another
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
"after three misses she finally got a hit"
- noun. the physical coming together of two or more things
"contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
"a dramatic sunset"
"a dramatic pause"
Synonyms
hit, hitting, contact, impinging, outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, dramatic
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in striking:
Common word forms
strike, strikings, strikingly, strikingness
Words from these letters
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