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Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms

Horrifying or disturbing in nature

Having a raunchy or ribald quality or character

Unpleasantly bright in color, creating a harsh or unnatural effect

Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

Giving clear and vividly explicit details

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Attractive, especially in a seductive way

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Adjective

Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms

“It provided the basis of last week's lurid and sensational headlines.”

Adjective

Horrifying or disturbing in nature

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

phantasmagorical

blood-and-thunder

beyond the pale

ill-favoured^UK

very unpleasant

unprepossessing

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

poverty-stricken

disadvantageous

very disgusting

strictly for the birds

highly improper

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

indescribably evil

beyond contempt

foolish-looking

as plain as a pikestaff

not much to look at

no oil painting

heart-wrenching

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“The lurid tales of violence and threats of widespread destruction appeared in almost every news sheet.”

Adjective

Having a raunchy or ribald quality or character

near the knuckle

close to the bone

sexually suggestive

sexually explicit

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“An organization succeeded in having the book banned, and later editions were printed with some of the more lurid scenes removed.”

Adjective

Unpleasantly bright in color, creating a harsh or unnatural effect

brightly colored^US

brightly coloured^UK

bright-coloured

highly-coloured

brilliantly colored^US

brilliantly coloured^UK

cheap and nasty

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

exhibitionistic

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

putting on the ritz

multicoloured^UK

multicolored^US

many-coloured^US

many-colored^UK

richly colored^UK

twopenny-halfpenny

richly coloured^US

multi-colored^US

painful to look at

multi-coloured^UK

many-splendoured

overemphasized^US

fancily decorated

overemphasised^UK

hyperventilated

larger-than-life

attention-grabbing

rainbow-coloured

rainbow-colored

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“When they emerge in the form of mushrooms, they come in such weird shapes and lurid colors that you want to kick them, not pick them.”

Adjective

Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance

like death warmed up

white as a sheet

drained of color

unhealthy-looking

white as a ghost

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

looking as if one has seen a ghost

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

jaundiced-looking

anaemic-looking

under the weather

green about the gills

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“Marcellus has preserved the following prescription which this prince used to prescribe for diseases of the liver and spleen, for dropsy, and for improving a lurid complexion.”

Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

sexually stimulating

very interesting

sexually attractive

thought-provoking

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Disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying

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Giving clear and vividly explicit details

highly coloured

well delineated

leaving nothing to the imagination

representational

photo-realistic

three-dimensional

bright-coloured

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

highly-coloured

brightly colored^US

like an explosion in a paint factory

brightly coloured^UK

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

camera-friendly

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

Mephistophelian

good-for-nothing

mephistophelean

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably evil

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Adjective

Attractive, especially in a seductive way

sexually attractive

easy on the eye

drop-dead gorgeous

as pretty as a picture

pulchritudinous

easy on the eyes

out of this world

physically attractive

sexually exciting

sexually arousing

aesthetically appealing

picture-perfect

aesthetically pleasing

drawing attention

sexually mature

near the knuckle

close to the bone

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