paparazzi

[pah-puh-raht-see, pah-pah-raht-tsee] / ˌpɑ pəˈrɑt si, ˌpɑ pɑˈrɑt tsi /

NOUN

photographers

Synonyms

STRONG

paparazzo shutterbug

WEAK

cameraperson celebrity photographer freelance photographer

Example Sentences

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If Kennedy was an American prince, the lovely and stylish Bessette was his princess, loved, hated and swarmed at every turn by a predatory paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times

Beyond that, the main point of similarity between Bessette and Diana is that the paparazzi hounded both – Diana to death, and Bessette to resentful exhaustion.

From Salon

It delves into the couple’s whirlwind romance, the unrelenting paparazzi and public scrutiny, their rumored family tensions and the events that led up to their deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a while, Pratt worked to monetize the negative attention by calling the paparazzi on himself and Montag, who also agreed to elope in order to keep themselves on “The Hills.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The mommas and their cubs come out of their dens in the spring and head straight for the bay to start looking for food. After posing for the polar bear paparazzi, of course.”

From Literature