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Meaning of "luridly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LURIDLY

luridly  [ˈljʊərɪdlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LURIDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luridly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LURIDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

luridly

Macabre

In works of art, macabre is the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death. Authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe used macabre atmosphere in their works.

Definition of luridly in the English dictionary

The definition of luridly in the dictionary is in a way that is unpleasantly bright. Other definition of luridly is in a shocking or sensational way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LURIDLY


acridly
ˈækrɪdlɪ
aridly
ˈærɪdlɪ
assuredly
əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ
blurredly
ˈblɜːrɪdlɪ
declaredly
dɪˈkleərɪdlɪ
floridly
ˈflɒrɪdlɪ
horridly
ˈhɒrɪdlɪ
hurriedly
ˈhʌrɪdlɪ
preparedly
prɪˈpɛərɪdlɪ
putridly
ˈpjuːtrɪdlɪ
rapidly
ˈræpɪdlɪ
Ridley
ˈrɪdlɪ
sacredly
ˈseɪkrɪdlɪ
serriedly
ˈsɛrɪdlɪ
torridly
ˈtɒrɪdlɪ
unhurriedly
ʌnˈhʌrɪdlɪ
unweariedly
ʌnˈwɪərɪdlɪ
variedly
ˈvɛərɪdlɪ
widely
ˈwaɪdlɪ
worriedly
ˈwʌrɪdlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LURIDLY

lur
lurch
lurcher
lurching
lurdan
lure
Lurex
lurgies
lurgy
Luria
lurid
luridness
Lurie
luringly
lurk
lurker
lurking
lurkingly
lurry
lurve

WORDS THAT END LIKE LURIDLY

acidly
avidly
candidly
flaccidly
fluidly
humidly
idly
languidly
lucidly
morbidly
placidly
rabidly
rigidly
solidly
splendidly
stolidly
stupidly
timidly
validly
vividly

Synonyms and antonyms of luridly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «luridly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LURIDLY

Find out the translation of luridly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luridly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luridly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

luridly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luridly
570 millions of speakers

English

luridly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

luridly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

luridly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

luridly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luridly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

luridly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

luridly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lengang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

luridly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

luridly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luridly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

luridly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

luridly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्दैवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

luridly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luridly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

luridly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

luridly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luridly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

luridly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luridly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luridly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luridly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luridly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LURIDLY»

The term «luridly» is normally little used and occupies the 134.068 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LURIDLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «luridly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «luridly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luridly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LURIDLY»

Discover the use of luridly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luridly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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99 cent ebook: Under Western Eyes
“What are the luridly smoky lucubrations of that fellow to the else?” he asked himself ardently, “could move all that mass inone clear grasp of my intellect?” he thought. “Isnot this my coun direction? Nothing could. Nothing but a single will.
Conrad, Joseph, 2013
2
Literary Giants, Literary Catholics
... artist Otto Dix encapsulated the despair and desolation of that nation's defeated army. The angst and anger of postwar Germany, captured so luridly on canvas by Dix, was the breeding ground of the hatred that festers and fosters revolution.
Joseph Pearce, 2005
3
The Widow's Opera
All was darkness and shadow except for that little flame, dancing in the outdoor breeze and casting red streaks of light luridly around, but most luridly of all, upon Jonah's looming companion. And what a companion! Neither woman had seen ...
Eve Ottenberg, 2011
4
Unruly Media: YouTube, Music Video, and the New Digital Cinema
BEYONCE AND LADY GAGA'S “VIDEO PHONE” A lo-res aesthetic hovers over the video. The grayed-out images of Beyoncé's head against the more luridly colored ones remind us that we might be, or ought to be, watching on a video phone.
Carol Vernallis, 2013
5
Imagining Early Modern London: Perceptions and Portrayals of ...
On this basis we might argue that far from distancing the reader from the material being so luridly evoked, at least some of these texts were attempting to induce their readers to inhabit morally, to apply to their own experience and ...
J. F. Merritt, 2001
6
Purple Passages: Pound, Eliot, Zukofsky, Olson, Creeley, and ...
The quatrain is about being hurt, cut, wounded, “castrated,” and full of desire--to say this luridly, but no more luridly than the poem. Knife cuts through. Things stick in holes. Spit covers body. Head's left hanging. Hole is in middle. Little boy ...
Rachel Blau DuPlessis, 2012
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Under Western Eyes
“What are the luridly smoky lucubrations of that fellow to the else?” he asked himself ardently, “could move all that mass inone clear grasp of my intellect?” he thought. “Isnot this my coun direction? Nothing could. Nothing but a single will.
Conrad, Joseph, 2013
8
A general explication of the ten precepts of the Decalogue ...
... wherefore also the Hells appear as in a Fire luridly reddening according to the Quality and Quantity of their Hatred, and in a Fire luridly flaming according to the Quality and Quantity of their Re-^ venge from Hatred, G Inasmuch . f Inasmuch ...
Emanuel Swedenborg, 1794
9
Harrap's essential English Dictionary
... it is violent or disgusting: The newpaper gave all the lurid details of the killings. — adverb luridly: a luridly coloured dress. lurk /l3:k/ verb: lurks, lurking, lurked 1 An animal or person is lurking when they are waiting secretly or in hiding ...
‎1996
10
Stay
The deep feelings of other people's grief and passion and tragedy—we drew those things to us; we made them romantic and dreamlike and luridly fascinating. We made them into stories. You could forget, then, that a girl, a real girl, could stand ...
Deb Caletti, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LURIDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luridly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The true story that made Rupert Goold jump from stage to screen
“We all luridly focus on murders and murderers but not their victims,” says Goold. “That's one of the questions that the film asks: why?” Tellingly ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Simon Danczuk: 'I must have been hell to live with. I'd say horrible …
He is grieving, he says, for the breakdown of his marriage to Karen, the so-called selfie queen, which has played out luridly in the tabloids. «The Times, Jul 15»
3
The Pope of Latin America
Bolivia's President, Evo Morales, luridly underscored this point during Pope Francis's recent visit there. In a ceremony that was held in front of ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
4
Syrian themes at London's Royal Opera House
Hollywood does make an entrance in Act Three, in the emir's luridly opulent palace, complete with pet falcons. Harps and a loping rhythm ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
5
Moving pictures in Sydney galleries
The work is a luridly painted horse head – a chess knight – in a conservative 1950s-era frame. For reasons I will never fully understand, as it is ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
6
BC produces bumper crop of blueberries
... and ended up with a grey muddle knows, it takes thought and technique to achieve the full-boded, luridly purple sorbet that sits in the jar. «Vancouver Courier, Jul 15»
7
Riba Stirling Prize 2015: The shortlisted entries for British …
Most of them are luridly banal architectural tumours implanted in the fabrics of our towns and cities to create commercial or cultural hot spots to ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Ruth Ellis the last hanged woman in Britain
By their nature, the stories were luridly dramatic, particularly those that ended with the perpetrator going to the gallows. And perhaps the most ... «Troy Media, Jul 15»
9
Bob Gruen's Legendary Rock Shots Find a Permanent Home
... are taking up a long-term home in the hotel's billiard room, just off the Gold Bar, where they hang alongside Maripol's luridly lovely Polaroids. «Style.com, Jul 15»
10
BWW Reviews: AMY and Amy Attract 'Till It Hurts
Whether in drug recovery or not, there are plenty of bullying and cruel media personalities and their henchman, the paparazzi, around to luridly ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Luridly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/luridly>. Apr 2024 ».
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