ALL meanings of lurid
lu·rid
L l - noun lurid Very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect. 1
- adjective lurid gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident. 1
- adjective lurid glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines. 1
- adjective lurid terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes. 1
- adjective lurid lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid sunset. 1
- adjective lurid wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid. 1
- adjective lurid Shocking, horrifying. 0
- adjective lurid Melodramatic. 0
- adjective lurid Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. 0
- adjective lurid Being of a light yellow hue. 0
- adjective lurid (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke. 0
- adjective lurid (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey. 0
- adjective lurid If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail. 0
- adjective lurid If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured. 0
- adjective lurid vivid in shocking detail; sensational 0
- adjective lurid horrible in savagery or violence 0
- adjective lurid pallid in colour; wan 0
- adjective lurid glowing with an unnatural glare 0
- adjective lurid deathly pale; wan 0
- adjective lurid glowing through a haze, as flames enveloped by smoke 0
- adjective lurid vivid in a harsh or shocking way; startling; sensational 0
- adjective lurid characterized by violent passion or crime 0