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yellow

yellow

14 7.7
News that uses shocking or untrue stories to attract readers
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɛloʊ/
  • Literature
: amarillista
  • It's a little-known masterpiece of yellow journalism modestly entitled Deadly Deceit: Low Level Radiation, High Level Coverup.
  • yellow journalism
  • a yellow newspaper
  • yellow press

And the rest of it was a basically mud smearing yellow journalism from The Intercept not long before Glenn Greenwald left in protest himself.

Examples

  • Many believe that yellow journalism undermines trust in the media by prioritizing scandal over truth.

  • The article was criticized for its yellow journalism, focusing only on sensational details rather than facts.

  • What kind of muckraking yellow journalist are you?!

  • No, it's those damn yellow journalists that's the trouble.

  • I'll be able to find out what's really going on in the world... not have to read about it in the yellow press like most people.

  • For example, when she was eighty-five years old, the New York World newspaper launched a "yellow journalism" attack, which ultimately led to a legal trial.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Yellow journalism, that's what it is.

  • Talk about yellow journalism.

  • And the rest of it was a basically mud smearing yellow journalism from The Intercept not long before Glenn Greenwald left in protest himself.

  • During the trial, several outlets resorted to yellow journalism, reporting exaggerated claims and personal details.

Synonyms

sensationalistic
vsyellow
  • Literature
3 8.2

Presenting news to make people excited, often ignoring the facts

is more biased and aims at scandalous or lurid content
scandalmongering
vsyellow
  • Literature
1 8.6

Writing or media that looks for scandals to attract readers

is broader, covering lurid or biased stories beyond just scandal

Antonyms

∞ 3.4

Relating to a job that needs special training and skill

∞ 2.0

Important and needing careful thought because it can have large effects

Idioms

To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change

Compounds

yellow pages
  • Archaic
26 1.8

A book of local businesses and services printed on yellow paper

17 1.0

A very strong yellow color that is easy to see

yellow fever
  • Specialized
12 3.7

A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that makes the skin turn yellow

9 7.2

A path toward a dream that has problems and surprises

7 1.8

A traffic signal that warns drivers to slow down and prepare to stop

6 1.0

A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright

5 2.1

A taxi painted yellow seen in cities like New York

yellow-bellied
  • Offensive
4 7.9

Being too afraid to do things that need courage

code yellow
  • Jargon
4 6.8

An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person

3 2.5

A bright yellow like the outside of a lemon

2 3.4

The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud

A bright yellow color like a canary's feathers

yellow journalism
  • Literature
2 5.2

Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth

2 2.7

A long yellow vegetable with soft skin that you cook and eat

2 1.1

A color between yellow and green like young leaves

A warm yellow color like gold

1 3.6

A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground

1 1.7

A light green color that looks partly yellow

A bright light yellow color like a canary's feathers

With yellow lines on the surface, often on animals or objects

Having yellow spots on its surface

1 2.5

A pale white color with a little yellow

A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects

yellow ocher
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A natural yellow pigment from earth used for painting

A yellow color with a little green

1 9.9

An old racist idea that East Asian people threaten Western countries

A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange

1 2.0

A brownish yellow color like dry autumn leaves

A color between yellow and orange, like a sunset

1 5.1

A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport

A color between brown and yellow

A pale yellow color like cream

yellow metal
  • Specialized
1 7.8

A strong metal made from copper with extra zinc used for cast parts

1 2.4

A strong, intense yellow like a ripe pumpkin

yellow man
  • Slur
1 9.9

A rude and racist word for an Asian man

1 6.1

A North American tree with thin shiny yellow or gray bark and strong wood

chrome yellow
  • Archaic
1 8.5

A bright yellow paint made from lead and used for painting

cadmium yellow
  • Specialized
1 8.3

A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous

1 3.5

A pine tree that has hard yellowish wood people use for building and furniture

yellow bile
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An old medical idea that a fluid from the liver makes people angry

1 2.2

A shade of yellow, like pale or bright yellow

yellow dwarf
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A plant virus that makes leaves turn yellow and plants stay small

1 9.9

An agreement where a worker promises not to join a union

yellow journalist
  • Literature
1 7.7

A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers

1 3.7

A grey color with a little yellow in it

1 5.8

A small bright yellow bird that sings near streams and marshes

A European weed with spines and yellow flowers that invades fields

A yellow color with a little brown that looks warm and dull

yellow-fever mosquito
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A small biting insect that spreads yellow fever and dengue

A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber

yellow bass
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass

1 9.9

A sticky desert plant with hanging yellow flowers

1 1.6

A long thin vegetable with yellow pods that you eat

A large woodpecker with yellow feathers under its wings and tail and a red patch on its neck

A yellow orchid with a slipper-shaped lower petal that grows in woods

yellow press
  • Literature
1 7.1

Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers

1 9.3

A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts

yellow jack
  • Archaic
1 8.8

A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and yellow skin

1 9.1

A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America

alizarin yellow
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A yellow dye used in paints, fabrics, and chemistry

1 9.8

A yellowish fish found in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

A thing that has yellow tips, like flower petals

1 8.1

A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed

1 6.2

A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens and liked for its wood

Having yellow bands or stripes on the body, like many insects

1 3.5

A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows near ponds and rivers

Slightly yellow in color

A yellow color with a touch of red

1 5.1

A bright pale yellow like a lemon or an egg yolk

1 9.9

A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves

A small wasp with yellow marks that lives in nests in the ground

A climbing bush with sweet-smelling yellow flowers often grown in gardens

cadmium yellow pale
  • Specialized
1 9.7

A pale yellow paint color used by artists

How Sensational

sensational
87 4.1
yellow
  • Literature
14 7.7
tabloid
  • Literature
176 3.7
serious
∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

yellow positive

Etymology

Yellow in the phrase yellow journalism comes from a famous cartoon called the 'Yellow Kid' that appeared in cheap, attention-seeking papers, so 'yellow' here means sensational or low-quality news.