lurid

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.

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

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lurid·ly adv.

lurid·ness n.

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lurid [ˈlʊərɪd]

adj

1. vivid in shocking detail; sensational

2. horrible in savagery or violence

3. pallid in colour; wan

4. glowing with an unnatural glare

[from Latin lūridus pale yellow; probably related to lūtum a yellow vegetable dye]

luridly  adv

luridness  n

Thesaurus

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" shocking 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

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lurid

adjective

1. sensational, shocking, disgusting, graphic, violent, savage, startling, grim, exaggerated, revolting, explicit, vivid, ghastly, gruesome, grisly, macabre, melodramatic, yellow (of journalism), gory, unrestrained, shock-horror (facetious) lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations
sensational controlled, mild, factual, carefree, breezy, jaunty, light-hearted

2. glaring, bright, bloody, intense, flaming, vivid, fiery, livid, sanguine, glowering, overbright She always painted her toenails a lurid red or orange.
glaring pale, pastel, watery

Translations

lurid [ˈljʊərɪd] ADJ

1. (= sordid, prurient) [description, novel, photo, crime] → morboso, escabroso; [imagination, headline] → morboso
in lurid detail → sin omitir los detalles más escabrosos

2. (= garish) [colour, tie , shirt] → chillón
a lurid pink dress → un vestido(de color)rosa chillón

3. (= unnaturally colourful) [sky, sunset, light] → refulgente

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lurid [ˈljʊərɪd] adj

[account, description, report] (= macabre) → macabre; (referring to sex) → scabreux/euse

(= garish) [colour] → criard(e)

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lurid

adj

colour, sky → grell; dress → grellfarben, in grellen Farben; posters → schreiend; a lurid sunset of pinks and oranges → ein Sonnenuntergang in grellen Rosa- und Orangetönen; her taste in clothes is rather lurid → sie mag Kleider in ziemlich grellen or schreienden Farben; she was painting her toenails a lurid red → sie lackierte sich die Fußnägel grellrot

(fig) language, headline, novel, imagination → reißerisch; (= bloodthirsty) → blutrünstig; account, description → reißerisch, sensationslüstern; (= sordid) detail, crime → widerlich; photo, image → schaurig; (= prurient) → anzüglich; lurid tale → Schauergeschichte f; all the love scenes are presented in lurid detail → die Liebesszenen werden in allen widerlichen Einzelheiten dargestellt; lurid details of their quarrels → peinliche Einzelheiten ihrer Streitereien; he has a lurid imagination → er kann sich (dat) → die schaurigsten Dinge vorstellen

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lurid [ˈljʊərɪd] adj

a. (details, description, gruesome) → impressionante, sconvolgente; (sensational) → sensazionale, scandalistico/a

b. (colour) → violento/a, sgargiante; (sunset) → fiammeggiante

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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 지나치게 화려한 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 火红的

2 unpleasantly shocking the lurid details of his accident. aaklige فَظيع، شَنيع зловещ odporný uhyggelig unheimlich ανατριχιαστικός, μακάβριος siniestro, espeluznante õudne زننده؛ ناخوشایند kaamea horrible מַחֲרִיד, מְזַעזֵע भद्दा, खराब iznenadan, šokantan rémes menyeramkan hryllilegur spaventoso 物すごい 무시무시한, 아주 지독한 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 可怕的

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 可怖地

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 可怕