# lurid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd/ · frequency rank #40,329

## Definitions
1. Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
2. Melodramatic.
3. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
4. Being of a light yellow hue.
5. Having a brown colour tinged with red.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).

## Easily confused with
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lurid-vs-lurk)
- **lyric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lurid-vs-lyric)
- **luring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lurid-vs-luring)
- **lid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lid-vs-lurid)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lui-vs-lurid)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lord-vs-lurid)
- **laid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laid-vs-lurid)
- **Luis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luis-vs-lurid)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lure-vs-lurid)
- **Lori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lori-vs-lurid)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lund-vs-lurid)
- **lard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lard-vs-lurid)
- **Lucia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucia-vs-lurid)
- **lipid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lipid-vs-lurid)
- **lucid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucid-vs-lurid)
- **livid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/livid-vs-lurid)
- **lumia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumia-vs-lurid)
- **lupin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-lurid)
- **lurch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lurch-vs-lurid)
- **Laurie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laurie-vs-lurid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llurid`, `lruid`, `luird`, `lurdi`, `luridd`, `lurrid`, `ulrid`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lurid