lurid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Describing shocking or horrifying things, especially violence or sex, in too much vivid detail.

   The tabloid reported the crime in lurid detail.

2. 2
   adj

   Unpleasantly bright or glowing in an unnatural way.

   A lurid red glow spread across the sky as the building burned.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *loiros Latin lūror Latin lūridusbor. English lurid Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).

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