SENSATIONAL

[adjective] approvingSensational means very good, exciting or unusual.a sensational sports car/dressShe looks sensational (= extremely attractive) in her new dress.(disapproving) News reports and articles that are sensational are intended to excite or shock people rather than be serious and factual.It was a sensational piece of reporting that did considerable damage to his reputation.Some of the more sensational Japanese newspapers have given a lot of coverage to the scandal.After a sensational trial (= a trial which attracted a lot of public interest) the Baroness was cleared of the killing.