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arresting

  • /əˈɹɛstɪŋ/

adjective more arresting · most arresting

  1. figuratively Striking, gripping. There's a little of each in "Julien Donkey-Boy," a visually arresting, dramatically blurry portrait of a schizophrenic.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of arrest

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Closest in meaning: impressive, sensational, stunning, seizing, capture, apprehension, apprehend, apprehending, shut-off, stopping, shutoff, shutdown, stop, detaining, detain, detention

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"arresting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/arresting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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arresting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/arresting

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"arresting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/arresting.

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@misc{arresting_2026,
  title = {arresting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arresting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}