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Lurid

//ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd// adj

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

    "The accident was described with lurid detail."

  2. 2
    Melodramatic.
  3. 3
    Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.

    "Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame;"

  4. 4
    Being of a light yellow hue.

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

  5. 5
    Having a brown colour tinged with red.

    "a lurid plant with maroon leaves and pink flowers"

Adjective
  1. 1
    shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke wordnet
  2. 2
    ghastly pale wordnet
  3. 3
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism wordnet
  4. 4
    horrible in fierceness or savagery wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).

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