lu‧rid/ˈlʊərəd, ˈlʊərɪd, ˈljʊərəd $ ˈlʊrəd/ adjective [date : 1600-1700; Language : Latin; Origin : luridus 'pale yellow', from luror 'pale yellow color'] 1. a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking and involves sex or violence SYN explicit: ▪ lurid headlines ▪ He told me in lurid detail what would happen to me.
2. too brightly coloured SYN gaudy: ▪ a lurid orange dress
—luridly adverb
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ lurid red nail polish ▪ details of lurid sexual misconduct ▪ The carpets were a lurid shade of green. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A lurid miasma dazed his vision. ▪ For good measure, he had added a lurid red moon opposite it. ▪ The injury done on that October night in Lambeth was certainly a lurid reminder of the reality of extremist campaigning. ▪ The reader will not find lurid accounts of a vast, secret conspiracy coiled and ready to strike again. ▪ These days the cast are younger and prettier, the stories more lurid. ▪ When Margo Adams announced years ago that Wade Boggs had chartered her as a road-trip mistress, that was lurid. ▪ Yellow street lamps looked lurid in the greyness.
lu‧rid/ˈlʊərəd, ˈlʊərɪd, ˈljʊərəd $ ˈlʊrəd/ adjective