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lu⋅rid
[loo
r-id]
–adjective
| 1. | gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident. |
| 2. | glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines. |
| 3. | terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes. |
| 4. | lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid sunset. |
| 5. | wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid. |
Origin:
1650–60; < L lūridus sallow, ghastly
1650–60; < L lūridus sallow, ghastly

Related forms:
lu⋅rid⋅ly, adverb
lu⋅rid⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
5. dismal, pale, murky.
5. dismal, pale, murky.
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lu·rid (lŏŏr'ĭd) adj.
[Latin lūridus, pale, from lūror, paleness.] lu'rid·ly adv., lu'rid·ness n. |
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Lurid
Lu"rid\, a. [L. luridus.]1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. --Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. --Tennyson. 2. (Bot.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
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Language Translation for : lurid
Spanish:
vistoso, llamativo, chillón,
German:
grell,
Japanese:
けばけばしい
lurid
1656, from L. luridus "pale yellow, ghastly," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Gk. khloros (see Chloe). The figurative sense of "sensational" is first attested 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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