Contrasting
[kən'træstɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) strikingly different; tending to contrast; 'contrasting (or contrastive) colors' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrast
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Examples
- But as if to repress such vainglorious thoughts, there stood in the transept of the building, surrounded by and contrasting with the handiworks of man, one of the simplest productions of Nature. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This contrasting of them with the rest seemed, I was glad to see, to do them good with her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She was pale and fair, and her golden hair clustered on her temples, contrasting its rich hue with the living marble beneath. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The first contrasting conception considered is that of preparing or getting ready for some future duty or privilege. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A young and clever man was coming into that lonely heath from, of all contrasting places in the world, Paris. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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