lurid

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• horrible in fierceness or savagery
  • "lurid crimes"
  • "a lurid life"
• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  • "lurid details of the accident"
• 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 luminence"

Synonyms

shocking