sensationalize
verb[T]
disapproving(UKusuallysensationalise)uk/senˈseɪ.ʃən.əl.aɪz/us/senˈseɪ.ʃən.əl.aɪz/topresentinformationin a way thattriesto make it asshockingorexcitingaspossible:
They wereaccusedof sensationalizing thestory.
Shecomplainedof sensationalizedmediaaccountsbasedonfalseinformation.
See
sensationalism
- Heclaimedthenewsnetworkhadexaggeratedand sensationalized thecrimesagainst him.
- Thepaperssensationalized thenewstoattractreaders.
- They are sensationalizing theissueforpoliticalgain.
Surprising and shocking
- amaze
- amazing
- amazingly
- astonish
- astonishing
- blinding
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- earth-shatteringly
- earthshakingly
- overtake
- shocking
- springsomethingonsomeone
- stagger
- staggering
- staggeringly
- startle
- stun
- the darnedest thingidiom
- thunderbolt