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Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms

Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect

Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance

Causing great public interest and excitement

(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having tastelessly contrasting colors or patterns

Giving clear and vividly explicit details

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

Suggestive of sexual impropriety

Suggesting hidden passion

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Adjective

Presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms

beyond the pale

sensationalistic

demoralizing^US

misproportioned

like death warmed up

demoralising^UK

phantasmagorical

like the back end of a bus

full of hardship

unfavourable^UK

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

Adjective

Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect

brightly coloured

highly-coloured

bright-coloured

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“When they emerge, in the form of mushrooms, they come in such weird shapes and lurid colours 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

spindle-shanked

as thin as a rake

like a bag of bones

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

looking as if one had seen a ghost

under the weather

green about the gills

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

jaundiced-looking

greenish-yellow

looking as if one has seen a ghost

not feeling up to snuff

not up to snuff

green around gills

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

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Adjective

Causing great public interest and excitement

sensationalistic

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(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having tastelessly contrasting colors or patterns

brightly coloured

brilliantly coloured

putting on the ritz

bright-coloured

exhibitionistic

like an explosion in a paint factory

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

cheap and nasty

sticking out like a sore thumb

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

standing out a mile

over the top OTT

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Adjective

Giving clear and vividly explicit details

highly coloured

well delineated

leaving nothing to the imagination

representational

photo-realistic

three-dimensional

camera-friendly

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

indicating emotion

indicating feeling

characterizing^US

particularised^UK

particularized^US

characterising^UK

full of emotion

full of feeling

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Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

sexually stimulating

very interesting

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Adjective

Suggestive of sexual impropriety

sexually suggestive

near the knuckle

close to the bone

low-down and dirty

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Adjective

Suggesting hidden passion

sexually attractive

easy on the eye

as pretty as a picture

pulchritudinous

drop-dead gorgeous

out of this world

easy on the eyes

sexually exciting

sexually arousing

drawing attention

picture-perfect

well proportioned

aesthetically pleasing

aesthetically appealing

physically attractive

full of personality

strong in character

larger than life

camera-friendly

thought-provoking

very interesting

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

super-excellent

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