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Synonyms of lurid in English:

lurid


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adjective

1‘a lurid birthday card’

SYNONYMS
brightly coloured, bright, over-bright, brilliant, glaring, fluorescent, flaming, dazzling, vivid, intense
showy, gaudy, loud
ANTONYMS

muted, subtle

2‘a lurid account of the prostitution trade’

SYNONYMS
sensational, sensationalist, melodramatic, exaggerated, overdramatized, extravagant, colourful, trashy, cheap, pulp, tasteless, kitschy
salacious, graphic, explicit, unrestrained, prurient, ribald, suggestive, shocking, startling, dirty, filthy
gruesome, gory, grisly, macabre, repugnant, revolting, disgusting, ghastly, morbid, unearthly, grotesque, hideous, horrifying, appalling
informal tacky, shock-horror, juicy, full-frontal
British informal rubbishy
ANTONYMS

restrained, discreet