'Contrasting' definitions:
Definition of 'contrasting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors" [syn: contrasting, contrastive]
Definition of 'Contrasting'
From: GCIDE
- Contrast \Con*trast"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Contrasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contrasting.] [F. contraster, LL. contrastare to resist, withstand, fr. L. contra + stare to stand. See Stand.] To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. [1913 Webster]
- The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. --Lyell. [1913 Webster]