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1. Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
   "lurid details of the accident";
   - shocking
    
2. Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
   "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
    
3. Ghastly pale
   "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminance"
    
4. Horrible in fierceness or savagery
   "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"

See also: bright, colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], sensational, violent

Encyclopedia: Lurid