Bad and Lurid

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Lurid and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lurid" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Lurid

Lurid adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

Bad and lurid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Lurid".

Nearby Word: luridly

Both words in one sentence

  • Bob wished it had been even worse so that it would at least be So Bad, It's Good rather than just boring, saying it should've copied the lurid TV version of Spartacus instead of the film version.
  • Roger Ebert: "All bad movies have good twins, and the good version of Goodbye Lover is The Hot Spot... a thriller that was equally lurid but less hyperkinetic."
  • Literature / Garrett, P.I. Restraining Bolt: Garrett bluffs a bad guy with a lurid description of "Loghyr mindworms" in Whispering Nickel Idols, only for the Dead Man to (apparently) start implanting them for real.
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