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单词 luridness
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luridness


lu·rid

L0294900 (lo͝or′ĭd)adj.1. a. Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant to provoke or shock: a lurid account of the crime.b. Characterized by shocking or outrageous behavior: a friend with a lurid past.2. a. Bright and intense in color; vivid: "the whole loud overbright town like the lurid midway of a carnival" (Paul Theroux).b. Sallow or pallid: "She dropped back into the chair ... A lurid pallor stole over her face" (Wilkie Collins).
[Latin lūridus, pale, from lūror, paleness.]
lu′rid·ly adv.lu′rid·ness n.Word History: It may seem surprising that English lurid, which sometimes means "vivid," comes from Latin lūridus, "pale, sallow, sickly yellow," used to describe the color of things like skin or teeth. Latin lūridus could also describe horrifying or ghastly things like poisonous herbs or even death itself—things that make a person turn pale. In an account of the volcanic eruption that buried the city of Pompeii, the Roman writer Pliny the Younger used lūridus to describe the unsettling color of the sun shining through a cloud of ash. When lurid first appeared in English in the mid-1600s, it described things that are pale in a sickly or disturbing way. Lurid was also used of gray, overcast skies. In the 1700s, writers began to use lurid to describe the red glow of fire blazing dimly within smoke. In the 1800s, the word acquired an additional meaning, the one it most commonly has today when we reveal the lurid details of a horrifying or sensationalistic story.
Thesaurus
Noun1.luridness - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"sensationalismjournalese - the style in which newspapers are written
2.luridness - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)luridness - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia, lividitycomplexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
3.luridness - the quality of being ghastlyghastliness, grimness, gruesomenessfrightfulness - the quality of being frightful
Translations
可怕

lurid

(ˈluərid) adjective1. (too) brightly coloured or vivid. a lurid dress/painting/sky. 耀眼的 耀眼的2. unpleasantly shocking. the lurid details of his accident. 駭人聽聞的 可怕的ˈluridly adverb 耀眼地,駭人聽聞地 可怕地ˈluridness noun 耀眼,駭人聽聞 可怕

luridness


  • noun

Synonyms for luridness

noun the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

Synonyms

  • sensationalism

Related Words

  • journalese

noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Synonyms

  • lividness
  • paleness
  • pallidness
  • pallor
  • wanness
  • achromasia
  • lividity

Related Words

  • complexion
  • skin color
  • skin colour

noun the quality of being ghastly

Synonyms

  • ghastliness
  • grimness
  • gruesomeness

Related Words

  • frightfulness
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