What (who) is luridly - definition
luridly
see lurid
lurid
1.
If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.
...lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits...
Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations.
= sensational
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
• luridly
His cousin was soon cursing luridly.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured.
She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
• luridly
It had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor.
ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed
lurid
a.
Gloomy, murky, ghastly, dismal, pale, lowering.
Examples of use of luridly
1. Then, critics described the performance, which "luridly exaggerated the sadomasochism of the ballet studio", as warped, twisted, creepy and grotesque.
2. And as this week has so luridly exposed, he is losing the confidence of the electorate too.
3. If the virus mutates, we could still be looking at a terrible problem – which is why the quiet contingency plans prepared by government, and then leaked with luridly alarming headlines, are mere common sense.
4. The avant garde at the beginning of the 20th century rejected the kind of over–detailed, luridly sentimental 1'th–century art in which war was a popular subject.
5. Festival Crowds bask in the last of the sunshine as the Met Office predicts another mud bath Patrick Barkham Friday June 24, 2005 The Guardian Last year it was luridly painted boots.