lurid
/ˈlʊɹɪd/ 形容词 C2中文： 骇人听闻、骇人
- Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex. · The accident was described with lurid detail.
- Melodramatic.
- Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
- Being of a light yellow hue. · The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.
- Having a brown colour tinged with red.
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She found me reading a book one day called, The Lurid Mystery of the Haunted Hall.
At first it was but a lurid spark upon the stone pavement.
Then it was withdrawn as suddenly as it appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid spark which marked a chink between the stones.
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