| ADJECTIVE | all | lurid | horrible in fierceness or savagery |
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| all | lurid, shocking | glaringly vivid and graphic | |
| all | lurid | shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke | |
| all | lurid | ghastly pale / pale |
| Sounds | luh'rahd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| Meaning | horrible in fierceness or savagery. | |
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| Broader | violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
| Nouns | luridness | the quality of being ghastly |
| Meaning | glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism. | |
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| Example | "lurid details of the accident" | |
| Synonym | shocking | |
| Broader | sensational | Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion |
| Spanish | escalofriante, espeluznante, horripilante | |
| Catalan | esborronador, esborronant, esgarrifós, horripilant | |
| Nouns | luridness | the quality of being ghastly |
| luridness | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | |
| Adverbs | luridly | in a lurid manner |
| Meaning | shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke. | |
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| Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| Nouns | luridness | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| Meaning | ghastly pale / pale. | |
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| Example | "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence" | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
| Nouns | luridness | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
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