lurid
pronunciation
How to pronounce lurid in British English:
UK [ˈlʊərɪd]
How to pronounce lurid in American English:
US [ˈlʊrɪd]
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- Adjective:
- horrible in fierceness or savagery
- glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
- shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
- ghastly pale
Word Origin
- lurid (adj.)
- 1650s, "pale," from Latin luridus "pale yellow, ghastly," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Greek khloros (see Chloe). Meaning "glowing in the darkness" is from 1727. The figurative sense of "sensational" is first attested 1850. Related: Luridly.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Lurid reports in local media have included claims that she kept 16 lovers .
- 2. Mr. smith was prosecuted in a lurid trial that fall but was acquitted .
- 3. Graphic ( and sometimes lurid ) illustrations were necessary for the american market weybright argued .
- 4. It is a lurid example of the dangers of coercion .
- 5. Wilde 's anatomy of the confusion between art and life remains pertinent with each new uproar over lurid films , songs , or video games .