THESAURUS
striking
abbreviation, abridgment, acid, agitating, amazing, appalling, armipotent, arrant, arresting, astonishing, astounding, authoritative, awe-inspiring, awesome, beguiling, bewildering, biting, blatant, blue-penciling, bold, bowdlerization, breathtaking, cancellation, celebrated, censoring, censorship, charged, cliff-hanging, cogent, coinage, coining, compelling, conspicuous, corrosive, counterfeiting, cutting, deletion, disquieting, distinguished, distracting, disturbing, driving, dynamic, editing, effective, egregious, electric, eminent, energetic, enigmatic, erasure, esteemed, estimable, exceptional, exciting, exhilarating, expurgation, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, flagrant, forceful, forcible, forgery, formidable, galvanic, glaring, great, gutsy, hanging out, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, imperative, imposing, impressive, in force, in power, in relief, in the foreground, incisive, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, inflammatory, intoxicating, irresistible, jarring, jolting, maddening, magnificent, marked, marvelous, memorable, mighty, mighty in battle, mind-blowing, mintage, miraculous, mordant, moving, nervous, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, of mark, omission, operative, ostensible, outlandish, outstanding, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passing strange, penetrating, perturbing, phenomenal, piercing, piquant, poignant, potent, powerful, prepotent, prestigious, prodigious, prominent, pronounced, provocative, provoking, puissant, punchy, puzzling, rare, ravishing, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, ripping, ruling, salient, sensational, showy, signal, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, smashing, soul-stirring, special, spirit-stirring, splendid, stamping, staring, stark-staring, sticking out, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, strange, strong, stunning, stupendous, superb, superior, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, top-hole, topping, trenchant, troubling, uncommon, unforgettable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unsettling, unusual, upsetting, valid, vigorous, vital, wonderful, wondrous
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Wonder
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wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment, amazedness, admiration, awe, stupor, stupefaction, stound, fascination, sensation, surprise, note of admiration, thaumaturgy, surprised, aghast, all agog, breathless, agape, open- mouthed, awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck, spellbound, lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment, struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder, wonderful, wondrous, surprising, unexpected, unheard of, mysterious, miraculous, indescribable, inexpressible, inaffable, unutterable, unspeakable, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous, inconceivable, incredible, inimaginable, unimaginable, strange, passing strange,
striking, overwhelming, wonder-working, wonderfully fearfully, for a wonder, in the name of wonder, strange to say, mirabile dictu, mirabile visu, to one's great surprise, with wonder, with gaping mouth, with open eyes, with upturned eyes, Int, lo, lo and behold!, O!, heyday!, halloo!, what!, indeed!, really!, surely!, humph!, hem!, good lack, good heavens, good gracious!, Ye gods!, good Lord!, good grief!, Holy cow!, My word!, Holy shit!, gad so!, welladay!, dear me!, only think!, lackadaisy!, my stars, my goodness!, gracious goodness!, goodness gracious!, mercy on us!, heavens and earth!, God bless me!, bless us, bless my heart!, odzookens!, O gemini!, adzooks!, hoity-toity!, strong!, Heaven save the mark, bless the mark!, can such things be!, zounds!, 'sdeath!, what on earth, what in the world!, who would have thought it!, you don't say so!, You're kidding!, No kidding? what do you say to that!, nous verrons!, how now!, where am I?, vox faucibus haesit, one's hair standing on end.
Manifestation
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manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient,
striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.