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lurid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lurid \Lu"rid\, a. [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.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lurid adj 1: horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life" 2: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: {shocking}] 3: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames" 4: ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"
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