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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

Attractive, especially in a seductive way

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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

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

Mephistophelian

uncompassionate

a load of pants

unsportsmanlike

beyond contempt

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

desensitised^UK

red in tooth and claw

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

with a heart of stone

good-for-nothing

beneath contempt

not up to snuff

poverty-stricken

mephistophelean

very disgusting

highly improper

foolish-looking

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

too horrible for words

double-crossing

stick out like sore thumb

not to be spoken of

that dare not speak its name

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

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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

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-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

jaundiced-looking

greenish-yellow

anaemic-looking

light-complexioned

peaches and cream

under the weather

out of condition

in poor condition

green about the gills

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Adjective

Causing great public interest and excitement

sensationalistic

out of the ordinary

attention-grabbing

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Adjective

(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

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Adjective

Giving clear and vividly explicit details

highly coloured

well delineated

leaving nothing to the imagination

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

representational

indicating emotion

indicating feeling

full of emotion

full of feeling

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Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

sexually stimulating

very interesting

sexually attractive

thought-provoking

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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

Attractive, especially in a seductive way

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

thought-provoking

to one's liking

pretty as a picture

picture-postcard

aesthetically pleasing

sexually mature

strong in character

full of personality

larger than life

camera-friendly

very interesting

attention-grabbing

too good to be true

looking like a million

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

super-excellent

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

pleasantly old-fashioned

moderately good

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