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lurid

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lu·rid  (lrd)
adj.
1. Causing shock or horror; gruesome.
2. Marked by sensationalism: a lurid account of the crime. See Synonyms at ghastly.
3. Glowing or shining with the glare of fire through a haze: lurid flames.
4. Sallow or pallid in color.

[Latin lridus, pale, from lror, paleness.]

lurid·ly adv.
lurid·ness n.

lurid
Adjective
1. vivid in shocking detail; sensational: magazines whose lurid covers sickened him
2. glaring in colour: a lurid red tartan
3. horrible in savagery or violence: reporting lurid crimes [Latin luridus pale yellow]
luridly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lurid - horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"
violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
2.lurid - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"
sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
3.lurid - shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
4.lurid - ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful

lurid
adjective 2. glaring, bright, bloody, intense, flaming, vivid, fiery, livid, sanguine, glowering, overbright << OPPOSITE pale
Translations
lurid [ˈluərɪd] adj [colour] → chillón/ona; [account] → sensacional; [detail] → horripilante

lurid [ˈluərɪd] adjaffreux/euse, atroce

lurid [ˈluərɪd] adj [story etc] → reißerisch;
(pej) (= brightly coloured); grell, in grellen Farben

lurid [ˈluərɪd] adjsgargiante; [details etc] → impressionante

lurid
adj lurid [ˈluərid]
1 (too) brightly coloured or vivid a lurid dress/painting/sky. luguber صارِخ، مُتَوَهِّج болезнено ярък křiklavý; hrozivě zatažený skarp; skrigende grell υπερβολικά έντονος, ζωηρός (για χρώμα), φλογερός vistoso, llamativo, chillón värvikas رنگ پریده räikeä criard, voyant צַעֲקָנִי चटकीला, आरक्त पीत žarki, plameni, koji zasljepljuje ragyogó meriah æpandi, logandi livido, pallido けばけばしい (빛깔 등이) 짙은, 선정적인 žaižaruojantis, ryškus ugunīgs; spilgts; kliedzošs menyilaukan mata schel gloret, uhyggelig skjær płonący berrante aprins, ţipător кричащий;зловещий krikľavý; hrozivo zatiahnutý kričeč drečav skrikig, gräll, brandröd สีสด parlak, cafcaflı 火紅的 строкатий, надто пістрявий چمکدار رنگ کا có màu nhợt nhạt
2 unpleasantly shocking the lurid details of his accident. aaklige فَظيع، شَنيع зловещ odporný uhyggelig unheimlich ανατριχιαστικός, μακάβριος siniestro, espeluznante õudne زننده؛ ناخوشایند karmea horrible מַחֲרִיד, מְזַעזֵע भद्दा, खराब iznenadan, šokantan rémes menyeramkan hryllilegur spaventoso 物すごい 전율적인, 섬뜩한 baisus, atgrasus drausmīgs; šausminošs menggemparkan luguber makaber, uhyggelig ponury violento şocant жуткий odporný grozljiv stravičan ohygglig, makaber น่าตื่นตกใจ dehşet verici 可怕的 трагічний, страшний نازیبا طور پر سنسنی خیز khủng khiếp
adv luridly
aakligheid بِشَناعَه، بصورةٍ صارِخَه ярко křiklavě uhyggeligt grell φλογερά, ανατριχιαστικά violentamente õudselt بطور زننده karmeasti sinistrement בְצֶבָע מְזַעזֵע, בְּאוֹפֶן מַחֲרִיד चमकीला, भद्दापन iznenadno, šokantno rikítóan secara meriah hryllilega orrendamente どぎつく 선정적으로, 섬뜩하게 baisiai, ryškiai ugunīgi; spilgti; kliedzoši; drausmīgi; šausminoši dengan penuh sensasi schel, luguber gloret; makabert, uhyggelig ponuro violentamente sinistru жутко krikľavo grozeče stravično skrikigt, grällt น่าตื่นตกใจ dehşet verecek şekilde 可怖地 пістряво نازیبا انداز میں một cách khủng khiếp
n luridness
aakligheid, donkerheid تَوَهُّج الألوان، فَظاعَه яркост odpudivost uhygge die Grelligkeit μακαβριότητα violencia õud زنندگی karmeus aspect sinistre חֲרָדָה, אֵימָה चमकीला, भद्दापन sumornost ragyogás, színdús jelleg kemeriahan e-ð hræðilegt (aspetto sinistro) どぎつさ 선정적임, 섬뜩함 baisumas, šiurpumas ugunīgums; spilgtums; drausmīgums penuh sensasi schrilheid, akeligheid det som er gloret/makabert ponurość violência aspect sinistru жуть odpudivosť grozljivost stravičnost skrikighet, grällhet ความน่าตื่นตกใจ dehşete düşürme 可怕 сенсаційність وحشت خیزی sự khủng khiếp


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No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently - Gleams up the pinnacles far and free - Up domes - up spires - up kingly halls - Up fanes - up Babylon-like walls - Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of scultured ivy and stone flowers - Up many and many a marvellous shrine Whose wreathed friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine.
For in his eyes I read some lurid woe would shrivel me up, had I it.
At night the skies were all glowing with the reflection of unseen fires, hanging in an immense body of lurid light high above the horizon.
 
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