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lurid
1. adj. Shocking, horrifying.
The accident was described with lurid detail.
2. adj. Melodramatic.
3. adj. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
4. adj. Being of a light yellow hue.
Some paperback novels have lurid covers.
The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.
5. adj. (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
6. adj. (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.

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Lurid rock lyrics that don't mean anything.

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