English to English
lurid
('l/U/r/I/d
)
adjective (a)
- Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- horrible in fierceness or savagery(adj.all)Example:
Lurid crimes.
A lurid life.
source: wordnet30 - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism(adj.all)Example:
Lurid details of the accident.
source: wordnet30 - shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke(adj.all)Example:
A lurid sunset.
Lurid flames.
source: wordnet30 - ghastly pale(adj.all)Example:
Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence.
source: wordnet30
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