lurid

lurid
adjective
1) (ghastly) gespenstisch; (highly coloured) grell [Licht, Schein, Himmel]
2) (fig.) (horrifying) grässlich; schaurig; (sensational) reißerisch (abwertend)
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['luərid]
adjective
1) ((too) brightly coloured or vivid: a lurid dress/painting/sky.) grell
2) (unpleasantly shocking: the lurid details of his accident.) unheimlich
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- academic.ru/88901/luridly">luridly
- luridness
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lu·rid
[ˈljʊərɪd, AM ˈlʊr-]
adj
1. (glaring) grell [leuchtend], intensiv; colours schreiend, grell fig, SCHWEIZ a. gellend fig
\lurid sunset dunkelroter Sonnenuntergang
2. (sensational) reißerisch pej, sensationslüstern pej; cover, article reißerisch aufgemacht pej; (terrible) grässlich, widerlich
\lurid details schmutzige Einzelheiten
to describe sth in \lurid detail etw drastisch schildern
\lurid language reißerische Sprache
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['ljʊərɪd]
adj
1) colour, sky grell; dress grellfarben, in grellen Farben; posters schreiend

a lurid sunset of pinks and oranges — ein Sonnenuntergang in grellen Rosa- und Orangetönen

her taste in clothes is rather lurid — sie mag Kleider in ziemlich grellen or schreienden Farben

she was painting her toenails a lurid red — sie lackierte sich die Fußnägel grellrot

2) (fig) language, headline, novel, imagination reißerisch; (= bloodthirsty) blutrünstig; account, description reißerisch, sensationslüstern; (= sordid) detail, crime widerlich; photo, image schaurig; (= prurient) anzüglich

lurid tale — Schauergeschichte f

all the love scenes are presented in lurid detail — die Liebesszenen werden in allen widerlichen Einzelheiten dargestellt

lurid details of their quarrels —

he has a lurid imagination — er kann sich (dat) die schaurigsten Dinge vorstellen

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lurid [ˈljʊərıd; ˈlʊə-; US ˈlʊrəd] adj (adv luridly)
1. fahl, unheimlich, gespenstisch (Beleuchtung etc)
2. düsterrot (Flammen)
3. grell (Farben)
4. geisterhaft, blass, bleich, fahl
5. besonders fig düster, finster, unheimlich:
it casts a lurid light on his character das zeigt seinen Charakter in einem unheimlichen Licht
6. grässlich, schauerlich
7. BOT, ZOOL schmutzig gelb oder braun
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adjective
1) (ghastly) gespenstisch; (highly coloured) grell [Licht, Schein, Himmel]
2) (fig.) (horrifying) grässlich; schaurig; (sensational) reißerisch (abwertend)
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adj.
grell adj.
schrecklich adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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