adj.

1. Of or relating to sensation.
2. Arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction, especially by exaggerated or lurid details: sensational journalism; a sensational television report.
3. Outstanding; spectacular: a sensational concert; a sensational dinner.

sensationally sen·sa'tion·al·ly adv.

adjective

1. Of or relating to sensation or the senses: sensitive, sensorial, sensory, sensual, sensuous. See awareness/unawareness, body/spirit.
2. Suggesting drama or a stage performance, as in emotionality or suspense: dramatic, histrionic, histrionical, melodramatic, spectacular, theatric, theatrical. See excite/bore/interest, style/good style/bad style, surprise/expect.
3. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful. Informal dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang cool, groovy, hot, keen¹, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: excellent, superb
Antonyms: bad, inferior, ordinary, poor, unremarkable

adj

Definition: startling, exaggerated
Antonyms: ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual

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IN BRIEF: Outstanding, exciting; exaggerated excitement.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. — Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish playwright.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sensationel, opsigtsvækkende, sensations-

Nederlands (Dutch)
sensationeel, opzienbarend

Français (French)
adj. - sensationnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sensationell, aufsehenerregend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εντυπωσιακός, συνταρακτικός, πολύκροτος, (φυσιολ.) των αισθήσεων

Italiano (Italian)
sensazionale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensacional

Русский (Russian)
сенсационный, поразительный, чувственный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensacional, espectacular, sonado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sensationell, uppseendeväckande, sensations-, sinnes-, känsel-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
轰动性的, 极好的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 轟動性的, 極好的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 선풍적 인기의, 감각의, 대단한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 煽情的な, 人気取りの, 感覚の, 感覚論の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثير, حسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מכה גלים, מפתיע ביותר, מעורר עניין, כביר, תחושתי, מצויין, סנסציוני‬

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