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UK
/lˈɔːɹɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɫʊɹəd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫʊɹəd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
a lurid sunset
lurid flames -
horrible in fierceness or savagery
lurid crimes
a lurid life -
ghastly pale
moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence -
glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
lurid details of the accident
How To Use lurid In A Sentence
- Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
- More volunteers follow with lurid tales of domestic mishaps, each earning applause. Times, Sunday Times
- This is a fantastically good-looking car in the metal, especially when painted in the lurid shade of orange this model is sporting. Times, Sunday Times
- The main roads remind me of the roads on the outskirts of huge cities in the USA, with their seemingly endless miles of fast food joints and lurid neon signs.
- Less than two years later, he and his partners sold their newly acquired Telluride land for $4.2 million — more than six times what federal appraisers had said it was worth. 'The Buzzard of Backcountry' Strikes It Rich in National Parks
- From the takeout near Durango, teams would bike, trek, and rappel roughly 55 miles back to Telluride.
- There were lurid allegations made, which he says are untrue. Times, Sunday Times
- The cold white light blazed and the trees were very old and the bark of them was a crackling silver and a lurid darkening red. Times, Sunday Times
- The cold white light blazed and the trees were very old and the bark of them was a crackling silver and a lurid darkening red. Times, Sunday Times
- He'd made it brighter by painting all the walls in lurid yellow emulsion.