All 6 Uses of
lurid
in
The Scarlet Letter
- It was whispered by those who peered after her that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passage-way of the interior.†
p. 49.9 *
- Then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, and by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph.†
p. 55.3
- When the light of the glimmering lantern had faded quite away, the minister discovered, by the faintness which came over him, that the last few moments had been a crisis of terrible anxiety, although his mind had made an involuntary effort to relieve itself by a kind of lurid playfulness.†
p. 101.6
- "Yea, woman, thou sayest truly!" cried old Roger Chillingworth, letting the lurid fire of his heart blaze out before her eyes.†
p. 115.3
- Wherever her walk hath been—wherever, so miserably burdened, she may have hoped to find repose—it hath cast a lurid gleam of awe and horrible repugnance round about her.†
p. 169.4
- Philosophically considered, therefore, the two passions seem essentially the same, except that one happens to be seen in a celestial radiance, and the other in a dusky and lurid glow.†
p. 172.9
Definition:
shocking, as from disturbing details of a horrible story, or a color more vivid (bright or deep) than would be expected