sensationalize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree English sensation English -al English sensational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sensationalize From sensational + -ize.
Meanings
- (British, English, Oxford, US) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sensationalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sensationalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sensationalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sensationalise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sensationalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
oversensationalize · sensationalizable · desensationalize · sensationalizer
Translations (11)
de übertreiben (Translations) · de aufbauschen (Translations) · ru сенсационализи́ровать (Translations) · de dramatisieren (Translations) · cmn 炒作 (Translations) · fr sensationnaliser (Translations) · ru де́лать сенса́цию (Translations) · de dick auftragen (Translations) · de hochspielen (Translations) · cmn 引起轟動 /引起轰动 (Translations) · es sensacionalizar (Translations)