[lu.rid] adj [L luridus pale yellow, sallow] (ca. 1656) 1 a: wan and ghastly pale in appearance b: of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange
2: shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud 3 a: causing horror or revulsion: gruesome b: melodramatic, sensational; also: shocking "paperbacks in the usual ~ covers --T. R. Fyvel" syn see ghastly -- lu.rid.ly adv -- lu.rid.ness n