say it: ur-EH-sting
arresting is an adjective meaning "commanding attention". It carries one recorded sense.
commanding attention
“an arresting drawing of people turning into animals”
“a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten”
“a stunning performance”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for arresting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.