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LURID
lurid
(adjective) shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; “a lurid sunset”; “lurid flames”
lurid
(adjective) ghastly pale; “moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence”
lurid, shocking
(adjective) glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; “lurid details of the accident”
lurid
(adjective) horrible in fierceness or savagery; “lurid crimes”; “a lurid life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lurid (comparative more lurid, superlative most lurid)
Shocking, horrifying.
Melodramatic.
Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
Being of a light yellow hue.
(botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
(zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"rid, a. Etym: [L. luridus.]
1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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