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Another word for lurid

Adjective

  1. Shockingly repellent

    2. See also:

    beautiful

  2. Lacking color

    3. See also:

    colors

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Another word for lurid

Modifier

  1. Shocking

    2. See also:

    violent

    unusual

  2. Vivid

    3. See also:

    intense

    bright

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Sentence Examples

  • Sensing some sort of lurid story, all five of them waited for her to speak.

  • Sensing some sort of lurid story, all five of them waited for her to speak.

  • high, bearing on its numerous branches a very large number of lurid red or yellow, somewhat tubular flowers, recalling those of an aloe, and from i to 2 in.

  • high, bearing on its numerous branches a very large number of lurid red or yellow, somewhat tubular flowers, recalling those of an aloe, and from i to 2 in.

  • The electioneering alliances, which were everywhere in vogue, but particularly in Germany, between the Catholics and popular party and the Social Democrats, throw a lurid light upon the character of a movement that certainly went far beyond the intentions of the pope, but which it was now difficult to undo or to hold in check.

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