All 6 Uses of
lurid
in
The Red Badge of Courage
- His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures extravagant in color, lurid with breathless deeds.†
Chpt 1 *
- He was listening with eagerness and much humility to the lurid descriptions of a bearded sergeant.†
Chpt 8
- Swift pictures of himself, apart, yet in himself, came to him—a blue desperate figure leading lurid charges with one knee forward and a broken blade high—a blue, determined figure standing before a crimson and steel assault, getting calmly killed on a high place before the eyes of all.†
Chpt 11
- "Well, then!" bawled the man in a lurid rage.†
Chpt 12
- His eyes were fixed in a lurid glare.†
Chpt 19
- The command went painfully forward until an open space interposed between them and the lurid lines.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(lurid) shocking, as from disturbing details of a horrible story, or a color more vivid (bright or deep) than would be expected
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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.