Dic: strike somebody as something

• He struck me as a very serious but friendly person.
• You've always struck me as being an angry man.
• His jokes didn't strike Jack as being very funny.
• It struck me as odd that the man didn't introduce himself before he spoke.

VERB | If something strikes you as being a particular thing, it gives you the impression of being that thing.

strike somebody as (being) something(also it strikes somebody as strange/odd etc that~): to seem to have a particular quality or feature.

.... Cobuild, LDOCE