Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to sensation.
- adjective Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details.
- adjective Outstanding; spectacular.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to sensation; relating to or implying sensation or perception through the senses.
- Having sensation; serving to convey sensation; sentient.
- Intended, as a literary or artistic work, to excite intense emotion; appealing to the love of being moved, as a chief source of interest.
- Of or pertaining to sensationalism; adhering to philosophical sensationalism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sensation.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.
- adjective Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
sensation . - adjective
Piquing orarousing the senses. - adjective
Provocative . - adjective Exceptionally great.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective commanding attention
- adjective causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
- adjective relating to or concerned in sensation
Etymologies
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Examples
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House Government Reform Committee chairman Congressman Henry Waxman said the government invented what he calls sensational details and stories.
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General Petraeus making it very clear that these -- what he calls sensational attacks, the suicide bombs, the suicide car bombs, the spectacular attacks that are killing so many Iraqis are a problem.
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Rumsfeld argues that history will have a larger perspective than what is the daily attacks, the Web blogs and the what he called sensational reporting.
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A spokesman for NAM released this statement: "He was so put off by what he called the sensational and simplistic reporting in this important skills gap story last evening that he changed his mind."
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Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
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Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
The Seattle Times 2011
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VIENNA - Archaeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
FOXNews.com 2011
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VIENNA - Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
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VIENNA - Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
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Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a "sensational discovery."
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