Synonyms for lurid
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Ghastly — ghastly, pale, wan in appearance
ghastly, sensational, shocking, yellow, wan, colorless US, colourless UK
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
Related words
- Word family
- luridness
Example sentences
- shocking An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- pale I said to her, "You look pale. Are you all right?"
- sensational This Kabyle dress does look sensational on Taninna.
- ghastly The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lurid | rising | |
| shocking | rising | |
| pale | rising | |
| sensational | steady | |
| ghastly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- wan1
- 4 letters
- pale1
- 6 letters
- yellow2, gloomy2
- 7 letters
- ghastly2
- 8 letters
- shocking2
- 9 letters
- colorless3
- 10 letters
- colourless
- 11 letters
- sensational4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yellow2 = 2 syllables).