See lurid in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Shockingly repellent:
ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid, macabre. See beautifulLacking color:
ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, waxen. See colors
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