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SENSATIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commanding attention
Example:
a stunning performance
Synonyms:
arresting; sensational; stunning
Classified under:
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
Classified under:
Similar:
lurid; shocking (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism)
scandalmongering; sensationalistic; yellow (typical of tabloids)
screaming (resembling a scream in effect)
Attribute:
sensationalism (subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes)
Antonym:
unsensational (not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned in sensation
Example:
sensory organs
Synonyms:
sensational; sensory
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sensation (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)
Context examples:
Thus, then, friend Mac in his report: The much-discussed meeting of the Zoological Institute, convened to hear the report of the Committee of Investigation sent out last year to South America to test the assertions made by Professor Challenger as to the continued existence of prehistoric life upon that Continent, was held last night in the greater Queen's Hall, and it is safe to say that it is likely to be a red letter date in the history of Science, for the proceedings were of so remarkable and sensational a character that no one present is ever likely to forget them.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
April, however, will be a sensational month for your love life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You slur over work of the utmost finesse and delicacy, in order to dwell upon sensational details which may excite, but cannot possibly instruct, the reader.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Here the lecture began, but Jo heard very little of it, for while Professor Sands was prosing away about Belzoni, Cheops, scarabei, and hieroglyphics, she was covertly taking down the address of the paper, and boldly resolving to try for the hundred-dollar prize offered in its columns for a sensational story.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud-stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin-player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You have a sensational month in store, for your eleventh house of hopes and wishes will brim with planets, and each one will be on a mission to bring you fun as well as a wish dear to your heart to fruition.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The police believe that they have evidence in their possession which supplies a very convincing motive for the crime, and altogether it cannot be doubted that sensational developments will follow.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Following Mr. Dashwood's directions, and making Mrs. Northbury her model, Jo rashly took a plunge into the frothy sea of sensational literature, but thanks to the life preserver thrown her by a friend, she came up again not much the worse for her ducking.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Two columns were occupied with a highly sensational and flowery rendering of the whole incident.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I had opened the morning paper and was immersed in a sensational crime which had occurred in London the night before, when my friend gave an exclamation, sprang to his feet, and laid his pipe down upon the mantelpiece.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
