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Definition

shocking, as from disturbing details of a horrible story, or a color more vivid (bright or deep) than would be expected

Long 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.

lurid = shocking and disturbing

She creates paintings in lurid colors.

lurid = surprisingly vivid (bright or deep)

Lockhart, wearing lurid pink robes to match the decorations, was waving for silence.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

lurid = surprisingly brightly colored

The walls were all covered with large, lurid pink flowers.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

lurid = surprisingly brightly colored

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

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