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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Readily attracting notice: arresting, bold, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal, striking. Idioms: sticking out like a sore thumb. See SEE. 2. Having an end that tapers to a point: acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, mucronate, pointy, sharp. See SHARP.
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