adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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lurid red nail polish
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details of lurid sexual misconduct
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The carpets were a lurid shade of green.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lurid miasma dazed his vision.
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For good measure, he had added a lurid red moon opposite it.
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The injury done on that October night in Lambeth was certainly a lurid reminder of the reality of extremist campaigning.
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The reader will not find lurid accounts of a vast, secret conspiracy coiled and ready to strike again.
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These days the cast are younger and prettier, the stories more lurid .
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When Margo Adams announced years ago that Wade Boggs had chartered her as a road-trip mistress, that was lurid .
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Yellow street lamps looked lurid in the greyness.