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–adjective 

1. gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an [accident]. 

2. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of [pulp] magazines. 

3. terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes. 

4. lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid [sunset]. 

5. wan, pallid (無血色的), or ghastly in hue; livid. (打傷後呈現的) 青紫色的 



—Synonyms 

5. dismal, pale, murky. (黑暗的;陰鬱的)





 

The details of that tragedy are too lurid to mention, and largely beside the point. Waitress doesn't need extra-filmic poignancy to succeed, though it's impossible not to be moved by its status as final testament. Shelly wrote the script while pregnant with her daughter and, in part, to exorcise her fear of impending motherhood. This heartfelt impulse grounds the picture's whimsy and compensates for its many schematic qualities. Waitress won't set the world on fire, but it glows.





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obituary gruesome ghastly  

embellish abyss

wan pallor sanguine