lilac vs lurid

lilac

adj
  • Having a pale purple colour. 

noun
  • A flower of the lilac shrub. 

  • A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. 

  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. 

lurid

adj
  • Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey. 

  • Being of a light yellow hue. 

  • Having a brown colour tinged with red. 

  • Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. 

  • Shocking, horrifying, especially when it comes to violence or sex. 

  • Melodramatic. 

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