Sensational vs Tabloidize - What's the difference?
sensational | tabloidize |
Of or pertaining to sensation.
Piquing]] or [[arouse, arousing the senses.
Provocative.
Exceptionally great.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 12, author=Robin Finn, title=Jumping Toward Her Own Turn in the Spotlight, work=New York Times
, passage=Make the strategic mistake — toward the end of a pleasantly blunt chat conducted while traipsing around her farm and ogling its stellar inhabitants — of mentioning her tabloidized romance with Cian O’Connor, a garrulous Irish horseman who forfeited an Olympic gold medal in 2005 when his mount failed a drug test, and she instinctively puts on the verbal brakes. }}
As an adjective sensational
is of or pertaining to sensation.As a verb tabloidize is
to convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.sensational
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- sensational nerves
citation, page= , passage=Young Dutch keeper Tim Krul saw his value rocket up with a sensational display.}}
Derived terms
* (l)tabloidize
English
Verb
(tabloidiz)citation
