Day after day the tabloids titillated the public with lurid details about the president's marital infidelity.
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Lurid
//ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd//
Synonyms for "lurid" (322 found)
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Closest matches (65)
colorlessshockingachromaticachromicaffectedaglowanemicappallingashenashyawfulbalefulbarnumesquebawdybedizenedbeigebig-soundingblanchedblatantbled white
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blindingbloodlessbluebrassybrazenbrazenfacedbrickybrightbrownbrownishbrownish-yellowbrunetburningcadaverouscardinalcarminecarnationcarneliancerisecherrycherry-coloredcherry-redchloranemicchocolatecinnamoncloak-and-daggercocoacocoa-browncoffeecoffee-browncolorfulconspicuousconvolutedcorpselikecrimsoncrudedamaskdeaddeadlydeadly paledeathlikedeathlydeathly paledeclamatorydim
Strong matches (96)
dimmeddingydirtydiscoloreddisgustingdoughydrabdulldundun-browndun-drabecrueerieelevatedetiolatedeuphuisticexsanguinatedexsanguineexsanguineousextravagant
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fadedfaintfallowfawnfawn-coloredfearfulferruginousfescenninefieryfilthyfire-redflagrantflamboyantflame-coloredflame-redflamingflaringflashyflatflauntingfoulfoul mouthedfoul tonguedfoul-mouthedfoul-spokenfoul-tonguedfrightfulfulsomefuscousgarishgaudyghastlyghostlikeghostlyglaringgloweringglowinggongoresquegorgeousgorygrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonantgraphicgraygregegreygrimgrislygruesomeguleshaggardhazelhideoushigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-soundinghighfalutinhorrendoushorriblehorridhorrifyinghothuelesshypochromicimpureincarminedinflamedinfraredinkhorniron-redithyphallic
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johnsonianjuicykhakilabyrinthinelacklusterlake-coloredlakylasciviouslateritiousleadenlewdlexiphaniclividlobster-redloftyloudlowbrowlusterlessmacabremagniloquent
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maleficmaroonmatmealymelodramaticmeretriciousmortuarymuddynastyneutralnut-brownobsceneobtrusiveoffensiveolive-brownolive-draborotundostentatiousoverbrightoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpalepale as deathpale-facedpallidpastypedanticpompouspornographicport-winepretentiousprurientpucepulprabelaisianrankraunchyrawredred-dyedred-lookingreddenedreddishreddish-amberreddish-brownrevoltingrhetoricalribaldrubicundrubiginousrubricrubricoserubyruby-coloredruby-redruddiedruddyrufescentrufousrustrust-redrustysalacioussallowscarletscreamingscurrilescurriloussealseal-brownsensationalsensationalisticsententioussepiashamelessshowyshriekingsicklysinistersmoking-roomsmuttysnuff-coloredsonoroussorrelspectacularspine-chillingstammelstartlingstiltedsultrytabloidtalltallow-facedtantannedtaupetawdrytawnyterribleterrifyingtile-redtitiantitian-redtoasttoast-browntonelesstortuousumberumber-coloreduncannyunchasteuncleanuncoloredunearthlyunprintableunrepeatablevermilionvilevinaceousviolentvividvulgarwalnutwalnut-brownwanwarmwashed outwashed-outwaxenweakweirdwhey-facedwhitewinewine-coloredwine-redyellowyellowish-brown
Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
37 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- зловещ adj (shocking, horrifying)
- смъртнобледен adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- страшен adj (shocking, horrifying)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 骇人 adj (shocking, horrifying)
- 骇人听闻 adj (shocking, horrifying)
Czech
4 entries- nechutný adj (shocking, horrifying)
- sinalý adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- smrtelně bledý adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- šokující adj (shocking, horrifying)
Dutch
1 entries- luguber adj (shocking, horrifying)
Finnish
4 entries- kaamea adj (shocking, horrifying)
- kammottava adj (shocking, horrifying)
- kauhea adj (shocking, horrifying)
- kauhistuttava adj (shocking, horrifying)
French
4 entries- blafard adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- blême adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- choquant adj (shocking, horrifying)
- jaunâtre adj (being of a light yellow hue)
German
2 entries- grell adj (being of a light yellow hue)
- widerlich adj (shocking, horrifying)
Italian
1 entries- livido adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
Māori
1 entries- wetiweti adj (shocking, horrifying)
Portuguese
3 entries- espantoso adj (shocking, horrifying)
- lúrido adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- lúrido adj (being of a light yellow hue)
Russian
4 entries- бле́дный adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- желтова́тый adj (being of a light yellow hue)
- ме́ртвенно-бле́дный adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- стра́шный adj (shocking, horrifying)
Spanish
4 entries- chocante adj (shocking, horrifying)
- espantoso adj (shocking, horrifying)
- lívido adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
- pálido adj (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Clouds the darkened heavens have drowned, / and snatched the daylight from the Trojans' eyes. / Black night broods on the waters; all around / from pole to pole the rattling peals resound / and frequent flashes light the lurid air. / All nature, big with instant ruin, frowned / destruction.
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Then, amid the lurid light, / I see Troy sinking in the flames around, / and mighty Neptune's walls laid level with the ground.
Source: tatoeba (6857952)
The article has a lurid title.
Source: tatoeba (10520290)
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