Sensational

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sensational \Sen*sa"tion*al\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
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     2. Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that
        sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.


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     3. Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or
        emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or
        novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a
        sensational report.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensational
       adj 1: causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion [ant: {unsensational}]
       2: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people
          turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never
          to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn: {arresting},
           {stunning}]
       3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
          "sensory organs" [syn: {sensory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  211 Moby Thesaurus words for "sensational":
     Barnumesque, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, acid, affected, amazing,
     arresting, astonishing, astounding, bedizened, beguiling,
     bewildering, big-sounding, biting, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced,
     breathtaking, cloak-and-dagger, coarse, colored, colorful,
     conspicuous, convoluted, cool, corrosive, crashing, crude, cutting,
     dandy, declamatory, divine, dramatic, driving, effective,
     electrifying, elevated, emotionalistic, emotive, enigmatic,
     euphuistic, exaggerated, exceptional, exciting, exquisite,
     extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fantastic,
     fascinating, flagrant, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashy,
     flaunting, forceful, forcible, fulsome, galvanizing, garish, gaudy,
     gilt-edged, glaring, glorious, golden, gorgeous, grandiloquent,
     grandiose, grandisonant, great, groovy, gutsy, hair-raising, hammy,
     heavenly, high-flowing, high-flown, high-flying, high-sounding,
     highfalutin, histrionic, hot, hunky-dory, hysteric, immense,
     imperative, impressive, incisive, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
     incredible, inkhorn, juicy, keen, labyrinthine, lexiphanic, livid,
     lofty, loud, lurid, magnificent, magniloquent, marked, marvelous,
     matchless, melodramatic, meretricious, mind-blowing, mind-boggling,
     miraculous, mordant, nervous, nonpareil, nonrational, obtrusive,
     orotund, ostentatious, outlandish, outstanding, overdone,
     overdrawn, overelaborate, overemotional, overinvolved, overwrought,
     passing strange, pedantic, peerless, penetrating, phenomenal,
     piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pompous, powerful,
     pretentious, prodigious, prominent, punchy, pungent, puzzling,
     rare, remarkable, rhetorical, rousing, salient, screaming,
     sensationalistic, sensatory, sensitive, sensorial, sensual,
     sententious, shameless, shocking, showy, signal, sinewed, sinewy,
     slashing, smash, smashing, sonorous, spectacular, spine-chilling,
     splendid, splendiferous, staggering, sterling, stilted,
     stimulating, stirring, strange, striking, strong, stunning,
     stupendous, sultry, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent,
     superfine, superior, tabloid, tall, tawdry, telling, terrific,
     theatrical, thrilling, tortuous, tremendous, trenchant,
     unbelievable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented,
     unreasoning, very good, vigorous, vital, vivid, vulgar, wonderful,
     wondrous, yellow