transcription, транскрипция: [ ljʊərɪd, AM lʊrɪd ]
1.
If you say that something is lurid , you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.
...lurid accounts of Claire’s sexual exploits...
Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations.
= sensational
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]
• lu‧rid‧ly
His cousin was soon cursing luridly.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
If you describe something as lurid , you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured.
She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]
• lu‧rid‧ly
It had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor.
ADV : usu ADV adj / -ed