1. arresting - Adjective
2. arresting - Verb
4. arresting - Adjective Satellite
of Arrest
Striking; attracting attention; impressive.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it. Thornton Wilder
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. Stephen Leacock
It is a slightly arresting notion that if you were to pick yourself apart with tweezers, one atom at a time, you would produce a mound of fine atomic dust, none of which had ever been alive but all of which had once been you. Bill Bryson
Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. Evelyn Waugh
Incarcerating people for their [drug] consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder. Ilana Mercer
I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try. Chill Wills