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1
extremely disturbing or repellent
- thank you for sparing us from the lurid details of the story
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- 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
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2
lacking a healthy skin color
- the doctor was alarmed by the patient's lurid complexion
- was lurid after a long winter spent indoors
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3
arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction
- the lurid news reports about the romance between the two Hollywood stars
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- dramatic,
- histrionic,
- melodramatic,
- theatrical
- (also theatric)
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The first known use of lurid was in 1603
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