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sensational Adjective 1. causing intense feelings of shock, anger, or excitement: sensational allegations 2. Informal extremely good: the views are sensational 3. of the senses or sensation sensationally adv
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sensational adjective 1. amazing, dramatic, thrilling, revealing, spectacular, staggering, startling, horrifying, breathtaking, astounding, lurid, electrifying, hair-raising << OPPOSITE dull adjective 2. shocking, scandalous, exciting, yellow (of the press) melodramatic, shock-horror (facetious) sensationalistic << OPPOSITE unexciting adjective 3. (Informal) excellent, brilliant, superb, mean (slang) topping Brit. (slang) cracking Brit. (informal) crucial (slang) impressive, smashing (informal) fabulous (informal) first class, marvellous, exceptional, mega (slang) sovereign, awesome (slang) def (slang) brill (informal) out of this world (informal) mind-blowing (informal) bodacious (slang), chiefly U.S. boffo (slang) jim-dandy (slang) chillin' U.S. (slang) booshit Austral. (slang) exo Austral. (slang) sik Austral. (slang) rad (informal) phat (slang) schmick Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE ordinary Translations sensational [sɛnˈseɪʃənl] sensation adj (wonderful) → wunderbar; (result) → sensationell; (headlines etc) → reißerisch How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They have had it said to them that he wrote without any system, and they very naturally conclude that it does not matter in the least whether they begin with his first, third, or last book, provided they can obtain a few vague ideas as to what his leading and most sensational principles were. The one who had so reluctantly alighted was especially spectacular--he might have been called sensational. A journalist obtained access to his laboratory in the capacity of laboratory-assistant, with the deliberate intention of making sensational exposures; and by the help of a shocking accident |
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