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eye-catching
Alternative clues for the word eye-catching
Word definitions for eye-catching in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. visually attractive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
eye-catching \eye"-catch`ing\ adj. Seizing the attention; as, eye-catching posters; as, she wore an eye-catching low-cut gown. Syn: attention-getting.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1799, from eye (n.) + present participle of catch (v.). Eye-catcher (n.) is from 1882, first in advertising; eye-trap (n.) is attested from 1785.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an eye-catching ad ▪ an eye-catching dress ▪ The posters come in several eye-catching designs. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He used to wear yellow ties and trendily-cut suits in eye-catching colours. ▪ I would prefer an ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters" [syn: attention-getting ]
Usage examples of eye-catching.
Their jewels, their ultrafashionable dress, their eye-catching coiffures had all been designed as advertisements to attract general attention.
Three flights above them the painted dome of the ceiling with its allegorical Biblical fresco was still as awesomely eye-catching as it had always been.
However, the ancestors of chimps and baboons must have evolved their eye-catching derrieres quite independently, since the ancestors of baboons and of the Missing Link parted company around thirty million years ago.
But I felt a clutch of fear in my chest knowing this eye-catching woman was out cavorting in a tight jogging suit, at a time of night when kooks were on the loose.