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1 lurid
adjective* * *['luərid]2) (unpleasantly shocking: the lurid details of his accident.) unheimlich•- academic.ru/88901/luridly">luridly- luridness* * *lu·rid[ˈljʊərɪd, AM ˈlʊr-]\lurid sunset dunkelroter Sonnenuntergang2. (sensational) reißerisch pej, sensationslüstern pej; cover, article reißerisch aufgemacht pej; (terrible) grässlich, widerlich\lurid details schmutzige Einzelheitento describe sth in \lurid detail etw drastisch schildern\lurid language reißerische Sprache* * *['ljʊərɪd]adja lurid sunset of pinks and oranges — ein Sonnenuntergang in grellen Rosa- und Orangetönen
her taste in clothes is rather lurid — sie mag Kleider in ziemlich grellen or schreienden Farben
she was painting her toenails a lurid red — sie lackierte sich die Fußnägel grellrot
2) (fig) language, headline, novel, imagination reißerisch; (= bloodthirsty) blutrünstig; account, description reißerisch, sensationslüstern; (= sordid) detail, crime widerlich; photo, image schaurig; (= prurient) anzüglichall the love scenes are presented in lurid detail — die Liebesszenen werden in allen widerlichen Einzelheiten dargestellt
lurid details of their quarrels —
he has a lurid imagination — er kann sich (dat) die schaurigsten Dinge vorstellen
* * *1. fahl, unheimlich, gespenstisch (Beleuchtung etc)2. düsterrot (Flammen)3. grell (Farben)4. geisterhaft, blass, bleich, fahl5. besonders fig düster, finster, unheimlich:it casts a lurid light on his character das zeigt seinen Charakter in einem unheimlichen Licht6. grässlich, schauerlich* * *adjective1) (ghastly) gespenstisch; (highly coloured) grell [Licht, Schein, Himmel]* * *adj.grell adj.schrecklich adj.
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