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1 lurid
'luərid1) ((too) brightly coloured or vivid: a lurid dress/painting/sky.) vistoso, llamativo, chillón2) (unpleasantly shocking: the lurid details of his accident.) siniestro, espeluznante•- luridly- luridness
tr['lʊərɪd]1 (colour etc) chillón,-ona2 (details) horripilante, espeluznantelurid ['lʊrəd] adj1) gruesome: espeluznante, horripilante2) sensational: sensacionalista, chocante3) gaudy: chillónadj.• ardiente adj.• asombroso, -a adj.• espeluznante adj.• fantástico, -a adj.• pavoroso, -a adj.• sensacional adj.'lʊrəd, 'lʊərɪda) ( sensational) <details/tale> escabroso, morboso; < imagination> morbosob) ( garish) <color/garment> chillón, charro (AmL fam)c) ( glowing) <sky/sunset> refulgente['ljʊǝrɪd]ADJ1) (=sordid, prurient) [description, novel, photo, crime] morboso, escabroso; [imagination, headline] morboso2) (=garish) [colour, tie, shirt] chillón3) (=unnaturally colourful) [sky, sunset, light] refulgente* * *['lʊrəd, 'lʊərɪd]a) ( sensational) <details/tale> escabroso, morboso; < imagination> morbosob) ( garish) <color/garment> chillón, charro (AmL fam)c) ( glowing) <sky/sunset> refulgente -
2 lurid
adj.1 provocador(ora) (sensational); espeluznante (shocking)2 chillón(ona) (gaudy)3 chocante, estrafalario. -
3 escabroso
escabroso
◊ -sa adjetivo‹escena/relato› shocking
escabroso,-a adjetivo
1 (terreno) rough
2 (difícil de abordar, incómodo) tricky, distasteful
detalles escabrosos, lurid details
3 (sórdido, obsceno) crude ' escabroso' also found in these entries: Spanish: escabrosa English: lurid - raunchy - rough - rugged -
4 chillón
chillón
‹ color› loud
chillón,-ona adjetivo
1 (voz) shrill, high-pitched (sonido) harsh, strident
2 (color) loud, gaudy: lleva una camisa bastante chillona, he's wearing a loud shirt ' chillón' also found in these entries: Spanish: chillona English: brash - flashy - garish - gaudy - glaring - loud - lurid - noisy - raucous - squeaky - harsh - shrill -
5 cuento
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar) \ \
cuento es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativoMultiple Entries: contar cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count; y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime; lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends 2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell; es muy largo de cuento it's a long story; ¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq) verbo intransitivo 1 ( en general) to count; ¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?; ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything 2◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;sin cuento con que … without taking into account that … contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
cuento sustantivo masculino ( para niños) story, tale; cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento for no reason at all◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o storiesd) (fam) ( exageración):eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney; el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on (constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people ' cuento' also found in these entries: Spanish: colorín - gratuitamente - historia - historieta - modular - moraleja - novela - si - tal - alargar - aquél - chabacano - chiste - colar - contar - inventar - relato - tragar - venir English: bank on - cock and bull story - expect - fairy story - fairy tale - horror story - lurid - moral - number - racy - relate - run - spin out - story - tale - tall story - tell - unfold - yarn - act - eye - fairy - old - short - tall - way - yet -
6 escabrosa
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7 espeluznante
espeluznante adjetivo ‹tragedia/estado/experiencia› horrific, horrifying; ‹ grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
espeluznante adjetivo hair-raising, terrifying ' espeluznante' also found in these entries: English: blood-curdling - creepy - eerie - grisly - hair - hair-raising - hairy - lurid - spooky - blood - shocking - spine -
8 imagen
imagen sustantivo femenino 1a) (Fís, Ópt) image;(TV) picture, image◊ ser la viva imagen de algn to be the image of sb2 (de político, cantante, país) image
imagen sustantivo femenino
1 image: es la viva imagen de su padre, he is the living image of his father
2 (efecto, impresión) image: ese fallo perjudicó la imagen de la empresa, the accident affected the company image
3 TV picture: vimos las imágenes del terremoto, we saw a television report on the earthquake
4 Rel Arte image, statue ' imagen' also found in these entries: Spanish: corresponderse - definición - definida - definido - deformar - desvanecerse - estampa - lavado - nitidez - nublarse - plástica - plástico - refleja - reflejo - registrar - representación - reproducir - sugestiva - sugestivo - templete - borrar - borroso - cambiar - centrar - claridad - confuso - fotografía - impactante - inversión - invertido - invertir - múltiple - nebuloso - nítido - reflejar - reivindicar - toma English: blank - blur - clear - conjure - illusion - image - lurid - part - picture - project - sharp - valuable - critically - perception - self - zoom -
9 morboso
morboso
◊ -sa adjetivo ‹escena/película› gruesome;‹persona/mente› ghoulish; (truculento, retorcido) morbid ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ghoul
morboso,-a adj (persona, interés, placer) morbid: sentí una curiosidad morbosa por saber los detalles de su ruptura, I was morbidly curious about the details of her breakup ' morboso' also found in these entries: Spanish: morbosa English: ghoulish - morbid - sick - ghoul - lurid
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Lurid — Lu rid, a. [L. luridus.] 1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. [1913 Webster] Fierce o er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. [1913 Webster] Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lurid — [loor′id] adj. [L luridus, pale yellow, ghastly] 1. Rare deathly pale; wan 2. glowing through a haze, as flames enveloped by smoke 3. a) vivid in a harsh or shocking way; startling; sensational b) characterized by violent passion or crime [a… … English World dictionary
lurid — I adjective appalling, caliginosus, coarse, disgusting, exaggerated, extreme, fulsome, ghastly, glaringly vivid, graphic, gross, gruesome, harsh, horrible, horrifying, indelicate, luridus, obscurus, offensive, overwhelming, racy, repulsive,… … Law dictionary
lurid — lúrid ( dă), adj. – Întunecos, mohorît. it. lurido. Italienism folosit numai de D. Zamfirescu. Trimis de blaurb, 13.03.2008. Sursa: DER … Dicționar Român
lurid — 1650s, pale, from L. luridus pale yellow, ghastly, of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Gk. khloros (see CHLOE (Cf. Chloe)). Meaning glowing in the darkness is from 1727. The figurative sense of sensational is first attested 1850. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
lurid — *ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, grim Analogous words: livid, *pale, pallid, wan, ashy, ashen: *sinister, malign, baleful, malefic, maleficent … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lurid — [adj] shocking, gruesome ashen, bloody, deep, disgusting, distinct, exaggerated, extreme, fiery, ghastly, gory*, graphic, grim, grisly, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, livid, low down, macabre, melodramatic, obscene, off color*, offensive … New thesaurus
lurid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unpleasantly vivid in colour. 2) (of a description) shocking or sensational. DERIVATIVES luridly adverb luridness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «pale and dismal»: from Latin luridus, related to luror wan or yellow colour … English terms dictionary
lurid — adj. 1 vivid or glowing in colour (lurid orange). 2 of an unnatural glare (lurid nocturnal brilliance). 3 sensational, horrifying, or terrible (lurid details). 4 showy, gaudy (paperbacks with lurid covers). 5 ghastly, wan (lurid complexion). 6… … Useful english dictionary
lurid — lu|rid [ˈluərıd, ˈljuərıd US ˈlurıd] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: luridus pale yellow , from luror pale yellow color ] 1.) a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking and involves sex or violence = ↑explicit ▪ lurid… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lurid — [[t]ljʊ͟ərɪd, AM l ʊrɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail. ...lurid accounts of Claire s sexual exploits... Some… … English dictionary