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shocking, as from disturbing details of a horrible story, or a color more vivid (bright or deep) than would be expectedLong ago, lurid referred to a yellowish color or things and from there to things so shocking they make someone turn pale. Later, but still in the 18th century, it was used to describe a vivid red and is still used to describe vivid colors—especially red.
- Her blog specializes in sharing lurid details of horrible crimes.
lurid = shocking and disturbing
- I'll spare you the lurid details.
- She creates paintings in lurid colors.
- Lockhart, wearing lurid pink robes to match the decorations, was waving for silence.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- The walls were all covered with large, lurid pink flowers.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- A January day was drawing to its close; the cold evening was more keen than ever in the motionless air, and a lurid sunset was rapidly dying away.Ivan Turgenev -- Fathers and Sons
- Even then with lurid thoughts occupying him.Stephen King -- Rose Red
- Mrs. Tristram's glance at her husband had more of a spark; she turned to Newman with a slightly lurid smile.Henry James -- The American
- She showed me the lurid lines on her wrists, like bracelets.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- Excess had brought on that frightful disease that seems to throw the lurid shadows of a coming retribution back into the present life.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- And along the margin where the water sometimes broke was a thick incrustation of salt—pink under the lurid sky.H.G. Wells -- The Time Machine
- Besides her many cuts and bruises, though — some of them luridly three-dimensional — Helen had a concussion.Gish Jen -- Typical American
- Isabel stood staring; she seemed to-day to live in a world illumined by lurid flashes.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
- I was about to mention the importance of reflection, and here we are, presented with this lurid imbecility.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- The rippling veil of black and crimson smoke filtered the sun's rays in such a way that everything below was bathed in a lurid orange.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- The family picture stood out in lurid colors.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- 1) Thee on the two-crested rock Lurid-flaming torches see; Where Corisian maidens flock, Thee the springs of Castaly.Sophocles -- Antigone
- Up until now I hadn't fully understood the difference: that even his most lurid dreams weren't weirder or more frightening than what inspired them.Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
- Overhead was the great patch of lurid light on the roof of the Underworld.C.S. Lewis -- The Silver Chair
- She found me reading a book one day called, The Lurid Mystery of the Haunted Hall.Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables
lurid = shocking and disturbing
lurid = surprisingly vivid (bright or deep)
lurid = surprisingly brightly colored
lurid = surprisingly brightly colored
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