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'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
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luridness — noun see lurid … New Collegiate Dictionary
luridness — See luridly. * * * … Universalium
luridness — n. ghastliness, dreadfulness; sensationalism; glaring brightness … English contemporary dictionary
luridness — lu·rid·ness … English syllables
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