"eye-catching" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more eye-catching [comparative], most eye-catching [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} eye-catching (comparative more eye-catching, superlative most eye-catching)
  1. (idiomatic) Visually attractive. Tags: idiomatic Translations (visually attractive): привлекателен (privlekatelen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), засукан (zasukan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vistós (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-eye-catching-en-adj-jj4Z7RN9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'visually attractive': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic) That attracts the attention; attention-grabbing. Tags: idiomatic Translations (that attracts the attention; attention-grabbing): атрактивен (atraktiven) [masculine] (Bulgarian), привлекателен (privlekatelen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cridaner (Catalan), iøjnefaldende (Danish), iøjnespringende (Danish), rechamante (Galician), mencolok mata (Malay), iøynefallende (Norwegian Bokmål), iaugefallande (Norwegian Nynorsk), llamativo (Spanish), iögonfallande (Swedish), mainit sa mata (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-eye-catching-en-adj-GPZjJzhq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'that attracts the attention; attention-grabbing': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eye-catchingly

Alternative forms

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