Synonyms for lurid
ˈlʊər ɪdlurid

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1. lurid

   Synonyms:
   murky, lowering, wan, dismal, gloomy

   Antonyms:
   bright, luminous

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1. luridadjective

   horrible in fierceness or savagery

   "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"

   Synonyms:
   shocking

   Antonyms:
   colourful, unsensational, dull, nonviolent, colorful

2. lurid, shockingadjective

   glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

   "lurid details of the accident"

   Synonyms:
   shocking, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, colourful, dull, colorful, unsensational

3. luridadjective

   shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke

   "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"

   Synonyms:
   shocking

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, dull, unsensational, colorful, colourful

4. luridadjective

   ghastly pale

   "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"

   Synonyms:
   shocking

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent, unsensational, colorful, colourful, dull

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1. luridadjective

   Synonyms:
   gloomy, murky, ghastly, dismal

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1. Katherine Helmond:

   I don't think it's lurid, daytime soaps go into areas - lesbianism, married nuns, a woman in love with a priest - that would not be touched in prime time. And they're super-serious. We just take real situations and exaggerate them.