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Meaning of word lurid from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Horrible in fierceness or savagery.

Example : Lurid crimes.
A lurid life.

Meaning : Glaringly vivid and graphic. Marked by sensationalism.

Example : Lurid details of the accident.

Synonyms : shocking

Meaning : Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.

Example : A lurid sunset.
Lurid flames.

Meaning : Ghastly pale.

Example : Moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.