| ระทึกขวัญ | (adj) thrilling, See also: exciting, sensational, stirring, Syn. ตื่นเต้น, Example: เหตุการณ์ระทึกขวัญยังอยู่ในห้วงความคิดของผมตลอด แม้เวลาจะผ่านไปเป็นปีๆ แล้ว |
| โลดโผน | (adj) thrilling, See also: exciting, sensational, gripping, riveting, stirring, Syn. ผาดโผน, Example: พล.อ.ชาติชายชุณหะวัณถึงแก่อสัญกรรมแล้ว ปิดฉากเส้นทางชีวิตที่โลดโผนผ่านการต่อสู้อย่างโชกโชน, Thai Definition: ที่แปลกผิดธรรมดา |
| ครึกโครม | (adj) sensational, See also: exciting, Example: คดีนี้กลายเป็นคดีครึกโครมที่ประชาชนให้ความสนใจอย่างยิ่ง, Thai Definition: เป็นที่เล่าลือกันแพร่หลาย |
| ประโลมโลก | (adj) melodramatic, See also: exaggerated, over-sensationalized, Syn. บันเทิงเริงรมย์, บันเทิง, Example: สาวๆ ชอบอ่านนวนิยายประโลมโลก, Thai Definition: เกี่ยวกับเรื่องรักๆ ใคร่ๆ |
| sensational | (adj) causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion, Ant. unsensational |
| sensational | (adj) relating to or concerned in sensation, Syn. sensory, Example: the sensory cortex; sensory organs |
| sensationalism | (n) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes |
| sensationalism | (n) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes, Syn. luridness, Example: the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation |
| sensationalist | (n) someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention, Syn. ballyhoo artist |
| sensationally | (adv) in a sensational manner, Example: in the summer of 1958 the pianist had a sensationally triumphant return |
| unsensational | (adj) not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction, Ant. sensational |
| empiricism | (n) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience, Syn. sensationalism, empiricist philosophy |
| scandalmongering | (adj) typical of tabloids, Syn. sensationalistic, yellow, Example: sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal; yellow press |
| sensualism | (n) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good, Syn. sensationalism |
| Sensational | a. 1. Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sensationalism | n. 1. (Metaph.) The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sensationalist | n. 1. (Metaph.) An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who practices sensational writing or speaking. [ 1913 Webster ] |
