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Word entry · 5 letters

lurid

Best crossword clue

"Garish"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted dilruStarts with LEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2U3R4I5D

Definitions

  1. shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).

Used in a sentence

  • The accident was described with lurid detail.
  • Speculating on why publishers rejected it, he wonders whether it was deemed too lurid at the time, especially since Steinbeck was then an unknown author.
  • Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame;

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