Adjective: lurid lûr-id
- Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
"lurid details of the accident";
- shocking
- Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
"a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
- Ghastly pale
"moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminance"
- Horrible in fierceness or savagery
"lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"
See also: bright, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], sensational, violent
Encyclopedia: Lurid