Definitions for lurid

lurid lu·rid

Spelling: [loo r-id]
IPA: /ˈlʊər ɪd/

Lurid is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in lurid (dilru).

Definitions for lurid

adjective

  1. gruesome; horrible; revolting:
  2. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking:
  3. terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint:
  4. lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red:
  5. wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid.

Origin of lurid

First recorded in 1650-60, lurid is from the Latin word lūridus sallow, ghastly

Examples for lurid

Dave taunted the crowd with threats and obscenities, and finally soaked them with lurid synthetic bodily fluids.

The lurid light of the fire showed us ourselves in distorted shadows.

This lurid embrace of art and life was not an isolated thunderclap.

It was the work of a lurid lady novelist, popular some ten years before.

"Issy" was a lover of certain kinds of literature and reveled in lurid fiction.

It had bathed the whole world in another light—a lurid light.

Then the locals arrived for water aerobics conducted by a Riviera coach in lurid pink-and-black Lycra to French pop.

I choked on my croissant at the lurid accounts in the New York Times, which positively wallowed in the story.

When my house got broken into, my political convictions were instantly replaced with lurid revenge fantasies.

"You paint a lurid picture" I said, when he stopped for breath.

Word Value for lurid
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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