different between tabloid vs tabloidish

English

Etymology

From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæbl??d/

Noun

tabloid (plural tabloids)

1. (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.
2. (publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.
3. (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
   • 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:

Synonyms

• scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

Antonyms

• broadsheet

Translations

Adjective

tabloid (not comparable)

1. In the format of a tabloid.
2. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

Translations

See also

• compact
• quality newspaper

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Noun

tabloid m (invariable)

1. tabloid

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tab?l?.it/

Noun

tabloid m inan

1. tabloid

Declension

Synonyms

• brukowiec, szmat?awiec

English

Etymology

tabloid +? -ish

Adjective

tabloidish (comparative more tabloidish, superlative most tabloidish)

1. (informal) Characteristic of tabloid journalism; lurid and sensational.