eye-catching

adjective

Synonyms of eye-catchingnext
: strongly attracting the eye : striking
eye-catching posters
eye-catchingly adverb
Encountered in her tiny, windowless, cluttered office …, Daniels is even more delicately and eye-catchingly beautiful than on screen, with small, precise features like those of a young Grace Kelly. —Neil Hickey, TV Guide, 11-17 June 1988

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eye-catching was in 1779

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eye-catching

adjective
ˈī-ˌkach-iŋ, 
-ˌkech-
: attractive to the eye

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