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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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