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   Lu·rid

   /ˈlo͝orəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect: "lurid food colorings" Similar brightly coloredbrightoverbrightbrilliantglaringfluorescentflamingdazzlingvividintenseshowygaudyloudOpposite mutedsubtle
   • ▪ (of a description) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters: "the more lurid details of the massacre were too frightening for the children" Similar sensationalsensationalistmelodramaticexaggeratedoverdramatizedextravagantcolorfultrashycheappulptastelesskitschysalaciousgraphicexplicitunrestrainedprurientribaldsuggestiveshockingstartlingdirtyfilthygruesomegorygrislymacabrerepugnantrevoltingdisgustingghastlymorbidunearthlygrotesquehideoushorrifyingappallinginformal:tackyshock-horrorjuicyfull-frontalrubbishyOpposite restraineddiscreet

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘pale and dismal in color’): from Latin luridus; related to luror ‘wan or yellow color’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. luridly adverb
   • 2. luridness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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