'Lurid' definitions:

Definition of 'lurid'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"
adjective
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: lurid, shocking]
adjective
Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
adjective
Ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"

Definition of 'Lurid'

From: GCIDE
  • Lurid \Lu"rid\, a. [L. luridus.]
  • 1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. [1913 Webster]
  • Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) Having a brown color tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Vivid, sensational, or shocking; graphic or melodramatic; as, the lurid details of a murder. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'lurid'

From: Moby Thesaurus