Adjective
1. horrible in fierceness or savagery;
"lurid crimes""a lurid life"2. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
"lurid details of the accident"3. shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke;
"a lurid sunset""lurid flames"4. ghastly pale;
"moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"