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Quick definitions from WordNet (lurid)
▸ adjective: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism ("Lurid details of the accident")
▸ adjective: horrible in fierceness or savagery ("Lurid crimes")
▸ adjective: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke ("A lurid sunset")
▸ adjective: ghastly pale ("Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence")
▸ Also see luridness
▸ Word origin
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▸ Usage examples for lurid
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▸ adjective: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism ("Lurid details of the accident")
▸ adjective: horrible in fierceness or savagery ("Lurid crimes")
▸ adjective: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke ("A lurid sunset")
▸ adjective: ghastly pale ("Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence")
▸ Also see luridness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lurid
▸ Usage examples for lurid
▸ Popular nouns described by lurid
▸ Words that often appear near lurid
▸ Rhymes of lurid
▸ Invented words related to lurid