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lurid

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

shockingly vivid or sensational, often in a gruesome way

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Lurid in a sentence

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The tabloid splashed lurid, gory details of the murder across its entire front page.

Synonyms
sensationalgraphicshockinggarish
Antonyms
restrainedmutedtasteful
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Lurid (adjective) means shockingly vivid or sensational, often in a gruesome way
Here is lurid used in an example sentence: "The tabloid splashed lurid, gory details of the murder across its entire front page."
Common synonyms for lurid include sensational, graphic, shocking, garish.
Antonyms of lurid include restrained, muted, tasteful.
Lurid is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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