eye-catching

adjective

: 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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Rhymes for eye-catching

• attaching
• despatching
• detaching
• dispatching
• mismatching
• batching
• catching
• hatching
• latching
• matching
• patching
• scratching

Kids Definition

eye-catching

adjective

ˈī-ˌkach-iŋ, 

-ˌkech-

: attractive to the eye