Main entry: lurid
Definition: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke
Usage: a lurid sunset; lurid flames
Main entry: lurid
Definition: ghastly pale
Usage: moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence
Definition: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
Usage: lurid details of the accident
Main entry: lurid
Definition: horrible in fierceness or savagery
Usage: lurid crimes; a lurid life