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Meaning of tabloidlike | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; lowbrow and sensationalistic.

Examples

“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 of some tabloidlike news material sleazes up the movie a touch.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

tabloidy taboo tabooed tabooistic tabooless taboparetic