Both Uses of
lurid
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- The two young men were both bending over the fire for the blaze had died down, and only a red glow from the dying embers cast a lurid light on a narrow semicircle in front of the hearth.†
Chpt 9 *
- Armand, whose life was in the most imminent danger, and who seemed to be looking at her from a background upon which were dimly painted the seething crowd of Paris, the bare walls of the Tribunal of Public Safety, with Foucquier-Tinville, the Public Prosecutor, demanding Armand's life in the name of the people of France, and the lurid guillotine with its stained knife waiting for another victim ... Armand!†
Chpt 12
Definition:
shocking, as from disturbing details of a horrible story, or a color more vivid (bright or deep) than would be expected