luridly
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In a vividly shocking or sensational manner: Describes an action done with exaggerated, shocking, or gruesome details, often to provoke a strong emotional reaction.
- In a glaringly bright or harsh manner: Describes something with unnaturally vivid, harsh, or garish colors or lighting.
Usage Examples
- Adverb (Shocking/Sensational):
- The crime scene was luridly described in the newspaper report.
- The tabloid article luridly detailed the celebrity scandal.
- Adverb (Bright/Harsh):
- The neon signs glowed luridly against the night sky.
- The room was painted in luridly bright shades of pink and orange.
Advanced Usage
- Used for dramatic or melodramatic effect: Often implies a deliberate attempt to shock, horrify, or captivate an audience with graphic or ghastly imagery.
- The horror novelist luridly depicted the monster's feeding habits.
- Used to criticize exaggerated or tasteless presentation: Can carry a negative connotation, suggesting the description or appearance is overly dramatic, vulgar, or in poor taste.
- The documentary was criticized for luridly exploiting the victims' stories.
Variants and Related Words
- Lurid (adjective): The base form.
- a lurid description (shocking)
- lurid colors (garishly bright)
- Luridness (noun): The quality of being lurid.
Synonyms
- Sensationally: In a manner designed to provoke public interest and excitement, typically with exaggerated details.
- Graphically: In a clear and vividly detailed manner, often unpleasantly so.
- Garishly: In a manner that is overly bright and showy, to a vulgar degree.
- Ghastly: In a manner that causes great horror or fear.
Related Phrases
- To paint a lurid picture of: To describe something in a very shocking and sensational way.
- The witness painted a lurid picture of the events.
Adverb
- in a lurid manner
- it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge