Definitions
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;”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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