Choquant par ses détails déplaisants.
Shocking and unpleasantly detailed.
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Le journal a publié les détails sordides du crime. — The paper printed lurid details of the crime.
Elle portait une veste vert criard. — She wore a lurid green jacket.
Le reportage était-il vraiment aussi sordide ? — Was the report really that lurid?
Les murs étaient d'un rose criard. — The walls were a lurid pink.
Elle nous a épargné les passages sordides de l'histoire. — She spared us the lurid parts of the story.
Qui a choisi ces chaises orange criard ? — Who chose these lurid orange chairs?
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