Lurid vs Gory - What's the difference?
lurid | gory |
Shocking, horrifying.
Melodramatic.
Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
* Thomson
* Tennyson
Being of a light yellow hue.
(botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
(zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between lurid and gory
is that lurid is shocking, horrifying while gory is covered with blood, very bloody.lurid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The accident was described with'' ''lurid'' ''detail.
- Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame.
- Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke / On the misty river tide.
- Some paperback novels have lurid covers.
- The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.