Antonyms for striking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : strahy-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstraɪ kɪŋ

Definition of striking

Origin : "producing a vivid impression," 1752, from strike (v.) in the sense of "to catch the fancy of" (1590s).

adj extraordinary; beautiful

Example sentences :

As for this new edict, it will prove a rebounding arrow, striking him who sent it.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Its colonnades and shops are striking, and its baths are in the highest order.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

The exterior is not remarkable, but the beauty of the internal ornament is most striking.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

Will anyone pretend that England has not the best of this striking difference?
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

The railroad can do it, to restrain its employees from striking.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

I might have spoken to you, of course, but there was no time to think, and it was really him I was striking.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

"Striking" was perhaps the one adjective which would best describe her.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The moonlight, striking through the opening in the branches, fell across her.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

He ducked instinctively, striking upward with his cutlass as he did so.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

He got in motion slowly, striking the floor with his stick at every step.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for striking

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