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spin-doctored

spin-doctored adjective: manipulated to appear in a more favorable light.

Adjective

spin-doctored (comparative more spin-doctored, superlative most spin-doctored)

  1. Manipulated to appear in a more favorable light.
    • In this spin-doctored version of events, the prime minister was returning from a royal banquet at Windsor Castle, when he received an unexpected call to say his culture secretary was resigning.2014 April 9, Rowena Mason, “Maria Miller: minister who got on the wrong side of MPs, public and press”, in The Guardian

Forms of spin-doctored

comparativemore spin-doctored
superlativemost spin-doctored

Origin of spin-doctored

From spin doctor.

Questions about spin-doctored

What does spin-doctored mean?
Spin-doctored means manipulated to appear in a more favorable light.
What part of speech is spin-doctored?
Spin-doctored is an adjective.

Words near spin-doctored in the dictionary

  1. spin up
  2. spin wave
  3. spin waves
  4. spin-density wave
  5. spin-density waves
  6. spin-doctored
  7. spin-dried
  8. spin-drier
  9. spin-driers
  10. spin-dries
  11. spin-dry

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