Sensationalistic (5)
I believe the answer is:
lurid
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sensationalistic</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lurid that I've seen before include "Glaring in colour, shockingly vivid" , "Horrifying - sensational" , "In shocking detail" , "Explicit" , "In vivid detail" .)