lurid

1. Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.

   The accident was described with lurid detail.

   widerlich

   стра́шныйstrášnyj, ужа́сныйužásnyj

2. Melodramatic.

3. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.

   ме́ртвенно-бле́дныйmértvenno-blédnyj, бле́дныйblédnyj

   ghastly pale

4. Being of a light yellow hue.

   The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.

   grell

   желтова́тыйželtovátyj

5. Having a brown colour tinged with red.

1. The article has a lurid title.

   deDer Titel des Artikels ist sehr reißerisch.

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2. Day after day the tabloids titillated the public with lurid details about the president's marital infidelity.

   ruДень за днем таблоиды будоражили публику сенсационными подробностями о супружеской неверности президента.

   deTag für Tag heizten die Boulevardblätter die Öffentlichkeit an mit erschreckenden Details über die Untreue des Präsidenten in seiner Ehe.

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3. Then, amid the lurid light, / I see Troy sinking in the flames around, / and mighty Neptune's walls laid level with the ground.

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