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Adjective: sensational  sen'sey-shu-nul
  1. Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
    "The sensational news story spread quickly across social media"
     
  2. Commanding attention
    "a sensational concert — one never to be forgotten";
    - arresting, stunning
     
  3. Relating to or concerned in sensation
    "The sensational nerve endings in fingertips";
    - sensory

See also: impressive, lurid, scandalmongering, screaming, sensationalism, sensationalistic, shocking, yellow

Antonym: unsensational

Encyclopedia: Sensational