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

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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

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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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