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tabloidlike

tabloidlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; lowbrow and sensationalistic.

Adjective

tabloidlike (comparative more tabloidlike, superlative most tabloidlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; lowbrow and sensationalistic.
    • While its subject means that “Listen to Me” is easy to like, Mr. Riley’s shaping of Brando’s words can make the movie, every so often, difficult to fully embrace. Mr. Riley’s handling of the fatal 1990 shooting of Dag Drollet by Christian Brando, Brando’s son, is especially unfortunate, and the use...2015 July 28, Manohla Dargis, “Review: ‘Listen to Me Marlon’ Explores Brando’s Life of Contention”, in New York Times

Forms of tabloidlike

comparativemore tabloidlike
superlativemost tabloidlike

Origin of tabloidlike

From tabloid + -like.

Questions about tabloidlike

What does tabloidlike mean?
Tabloidlike means resembling or characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; lowbrow and sensationalistic.
What part of speech is tabloidlike?
Tabloidlike is an adjective.

Words near tabloidlike in the dictionary

  1. tabloidization
  2. tabloidize
  3. tabloidized
  4. tabloidizes
  5. tabloidizing
  6. tabloidlike
  7. tabloids
  8. tabloidy
  9. tabnab
  10. tabnabbing
  11. tabnabs

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