lurid

Meaning

1. Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
2. Melodramatic.
3. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
4. Being of a light yellow hue.
5. Having a brown colour tinged with red.

Synonyms

poignant

keen

acrid

acrimonious

sharp

acute

waspish

gruesome

wan

ghastly

racy

shocking

nasty

lively

blatant

bitter

brisk

astringent

waxen

trenchant

vivacious

glowing

acidulous

shrill

acerbic

strident

pallid

perky

terrible

dashing

dapper

crude

crisp

bobbish

colorless

coarse

harsh

grig

chipper

cheery

active

glaring

buxom

gay

busy

ardent

garish

frisky

buoyant

frightful

Translations

grell

doordringend

guur

schel

fel

schril

bijtend

herb

agut

rau

picant

puntegut

puntut

punxegut

perspicaç

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).