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   lurid

   /ˈl(j)ʊərɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect: "lurid food colourings" Similar brightly colouredbrightover-brightbrilliantglaringfluorescentflamingdazzlingvividintenseshowygaudyloudOpposite mutedsubtle
   • ▪ presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms: "the more lurid details of the massacre were too frightening for the children" Similar sensationalsensationalistmelodramaticexaggeratedoverdramatizedextravagantcolourfultrashycheappulptastelesskitschysalaciousgraphicexplicitunrestrainedprurientribaldsuggestiveshockingstartlingdirtyfilthygruesomegorygrislymacabrerepugnantrevoltingdisgustingghastlymorbidunearthlygrotesquehideoushorrifyingappallinginformal:tackyshock-horrorjuicyfull-frontalrubbishyOpposite restraineddiscreet

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘pale and dismal in colour’): from Latin luridus; related to luror ‘wan or yellow colour’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. luridly adverb
   • 2. luridness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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