lurid
/lʊrɪd/
adjective
5 letters2 syllables6 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
ADJECTIVE
1
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism.
“lurid details of the accident”
2
Ghastly pale.
“moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence”
3
Horrible in fierceness or savagery.
“lurid crimes”
“a lurid life”
4
Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.
“a lurid sunset”
“lurid flames”
WORD FORMS
Related formluridness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®6 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word12 points
Triple word18 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinuridlay
Starts & ends withL … D
Syllableslu · rid
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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