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lurid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lurid

1 extremely disturbing or repellent

thank you for sparing us from the lurid details of the story

Synonyms of lurid

appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, macabre, monstrous, nightmare, nightmarish, shocking, terrible, terrific

Words Related to lurid

alarming, bloodcurdling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, gut-wrenching, hair-raising, heart-stopping, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, terrifying

abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening

abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable, vile

grotesque, ugly, unsightly

Near Antonyms of lurid

agreeable, appealing, attractive, delectable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, enticing, inviting, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome

cheering, comforting, soothing

2 lacking a healthy skin color

the doctor was alarmed by the patient's lurid complexion

was lurid after a long winter spent indoors

Synonyms of lurid

ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, mealy, pale, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wan

Words Related to lurid

sallow, sallowish, sick, sickly, waxen, waxy

white, whitened

anemic, bloodless

whey-faced, white-faced

Near Antonyms of lurid

blushing, flushed, pink

Antonyms of lurid

blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

3 arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction

the lurid news reports about the romance between the two Hollywood stars

Synonyms of lurid

catchpenny, gee-whiz, screaming, sensational, sensationalist, sensationalistic

Words Related to lurid

colorful, juicy, racy, suggestive

dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric)

Near Antonyms of lurid

innocuous, inoffensive, tame

dignified, formal, proper, restrained

Antonyms of lurid

Synonym Discussion of lurid

ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, lurid mean horrifying and repellent in appearance or aspect. ghastly suggests the terrifying aspects of corpses and ghosts.

- a ghastly accident

grisly and gruesome suggest additionally the results of extreme violence or cruelty.

- an unusually grisly murder
- suffered a gruesome death

macabre implies a morbid preoccupation with the physical aspects of death.

- a macabre tale of premature burial

lurid adds to gruesome the suggestion of shuddering fascination with violent death and especially with murder.

- the lurid details of a crime

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