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tabloidish

tabloidish adjective: characteristic of tabloid journalism; lurid and sensational.

Adjective

tabloidish (comparative more tabloidish, superlative most tabloidish)

  1. (informal) Characteristic 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

Forms of tabloidish

comparativemore tabloidish
superlativemost tabloidish

Origin of tabloidish

From tabloid + -ish.

Questions about tabloidish

What does tabloidish mean?
Tabloidish means characteristic of tabloid journalism; lurid and sensational.
What part of speech is tabloidish?
Tabloidish is an adjective.

Words near tabloidish in the dictionary

  1. tabloid talk show
  2. tabloid talk shows
  3. tabloided
  4. tabloidese
  5. tabloiding
  6. tabloidish
  7. tabloidism
  8. tabloidisms
  9. tabloidization
  10. tabloidize
  11. tabloidized

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