Associations to the word «Lurid»

Wiktionary

LURID, adjective. Shocking, horrifying.
LURID, adjective. Melodramatic.
LURID, adjective. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
LURID, adjective. Being of a light yellow hue.
LURID, adjective. (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
LURID, adjective. (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.

Dictionary definition

LURID, adjective. Horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life".
LURID, adjective. Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident".
LURID, adjective. Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames".
LURID, adjective. Ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence".

Wise words

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