SENSATIONALISTIC Synonyms

• of or relating to a hyperbola

• enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

• characterized or caused by inflammation

• arousing to action or rebellion

• horrible in fierceness or savagery

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

• shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke

• ghastly pale

• having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama

• characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected

• puffed up with vanity

• past the stage of full bloom

• serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

• intentionally arousing sexual desire

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion

• relating to or concerned in sensation

• commanding attention

• someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• pleasantly and superficially exciting

• giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing

• exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

• put into dramatic form

• represent something in a dramatic manner

• add details to

• spreading malicious gossip

• typical of tabloids

• yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

• of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

• easily frightened

• changed to a yellowish color by age

• typical of tabloids

• cowardly or treacherous

• affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

• turn yellow