English-German translations for lurid

• grässlich
• grell
• intensiv
• reißerisch
  Dennoch gab es in Großbritannien reißerische Schlagzeilen über ungefähr 320 000 mögliche Tote und Leichen in Massengräbern. Despite that, in Britain there have been lurid headlines about 320 000 possible deaths and bodies being disposed of in mass graves.
  Diese basieren auf einigen so genannten Studien, die momentan von der euroskeptischen britischen Presse kolportiert werden, in der immer reißerischer über die Berechnung dieser Kosten berichtet wird. These are based on some so-called studies which are being hawked around the British Euro-sceptic press at the moment with ever more lurid calculations about these costs.
• schmutzig
• sensationell
• sensationslüstern
• widerlich

Definition of lurid

• Shocking, horrifying
• Melodramatic
• Being of a light yellow hue
• Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke

Examples

• The accident was described with lurid detail.
• Some paperback novels have lurid covers.
• The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.

Related words

• ictalurids
• ictalurid
• telluride
• silurid
• anomalurid
• pluridimensional
• hydrogen telluride
• aluminium monotelluride
• aluminum monotelluride