Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lurid or gloomy manner.
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- adverb In a
lurid manner, in a way that containsgauche details or is intended to shock or horrify.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a lurid manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Republicans Consistently Turn To Lobbyists bend over and luridly wag their asses” would be a more appropriate title.
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And the battle scenes are lazily put together: drums, a luridly lit sunset with silhouettes at the back of the stage and someone running across waving a flag and roaring.
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Others were cautionary: "Hooked!" luridly warned about the dangers of heroin use, while Bert the Turtle frightened kids everywhere about atomic blasts.
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When the mariner, sailing over tropic seas, looks for relief from his weary watch, he turns his eyes toward the Southern Cross, burning luridly above the tempest-vexed ocean.
Think Progress » Anti-Obama billboards spring up in Atlanta. 2010
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Winter walked around me once, eyes raking up and down my body, not luridly, but evaluating me, as a designer might eye a potential new model.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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For the uninitiated, grindhouses as in bump and grind were often repurposed burlesque theaters that specialized in showing luridly entertaining flicks.
Dan Lybarger: The 'Grind' in Grindhouse: Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc on The Victim Dan Lybarger 2011
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But the factual reality of it can be even more luridly alluring.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Winter walked around me once, eyes raking up and down my body, not luridly, but evaluating me, as a designer might eye a potential new model.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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For the uninitiated, grindhouses as in bump and grind were often repurposed burlesque theaters that specialized in showing luridly entertaining flicks.
Dan Lybarger: The 'Grind' in Grindhouse: Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc on The Victim Dan Lybarger 2011
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The call to board the train came early, and I took my place in an orderly embarkation line in the departure hall, eventually walking down the central platform and past the luridly disheveled wreckage of a long-immobilized train.
The Next Empire 2010
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