tabloidish

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adjective

Characteristic of tabloid journalism; lurid and sensational.

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Meanings

adjectivetabloidish (comparative more tabloidish, superlative most tabloidish)

comparative more tabloidish · superlative most tabloidish

  1. informalCharacteristic of tabloid journalism; lurid and sensational.

    It was one of those tabloidish pieces filled with half-truths and exaggerations.

    2006, Shirley Jump, The Bachelor Preferred Pastry, page 222

Origin

From tabloid + -ish.

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Chicago

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