lurid

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  1. adjective Causing shock or horror; gruesome.
  2. adjective Marked by sensationalism: a lurid account of the crime. See Synonyms at ghastly.
  3. adjective Glowing or shining with the glare of fire through a haze: lurid flames.

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  1. Latin lūridus, pale, from lūror, paleness.

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  1. = Spanish lúrido = Portuguese Italian lurido, from Latin luridus, pale-yellow, wan, ghastly; connected with luror, a yellowish color; cf. Greek χλωρός, green: see chlorine. Hence ult. [from Latin luridus) English lourd, q. v.
 

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