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Definitions of lurid
  1. adjective
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
    "lurid details of the accident"

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  2. adjective
    ghastly pale
    "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"

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  3. adjective
    horrible in fierceness or savagery
    "lurid crimes" "a lurid life"

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  4. adjective
    shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
    "a lurid sunset" "lurid flames"

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Definition that contains lurid
  • te a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
  • tellurium a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
  • sensationalist someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
  • sylvanite a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America
  • genus silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
  • graphic tellurium a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America
  • atomic number 52 a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
  • luridly in a lurid manner
  • ballyhoo artist someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
  • silurus type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes
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