producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements:
There is an element of the exaggerated or sensational embedded in some of the pieces.
Creamy and round, with sensational vanilla and apple spice cake flavors.
Sometimes the coverage is sensational because the news itself is sensational.
There was little sense of outrage, and the details filled page after sensational page of the tabloid newspapers.
But then the website has to survive on sensational articles to gain simple audiences by making it look magical.
The dances are less sensational than sensationalist.
They need ratings, and doing news stories with sensational views gets them the ratings they need.
It was a totally new type of gadget that came out of the blue and whipped up sensational demand.
Please don't create sensational headlines based on one or two studies.
After all, it's the sensational stories about shortages and looming disaster that sell newspapers.
British Dictionary definitions for sensational
sensational
/sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/
adjective
1.
causing or intended to cause intense feelings, esp of curiosity, horror, etc: sensational disclosures in the press
2.
(informal) extremely good: a sensational skater
3.
of or relating to the faculty of sensation
4.
(philosophy) of or relating to sensationalism
Derived Forms
sensationally, adverb
Word Origin and History for sensational
adj.
"of or pertaining to sensation or the senses," 1840; "aiming at violently excited effects," 1863, from sensation in its secondary sense. Related: Sensationalistic; sensationalistically.