adjective
- presented in vividly shocking or sensational detail
- unpleasantly bright in color; garish
- wan and dismal in appearance; ghastly pale
Usage: literary
Examples
- The newspaper gave lurid details of the crime scene.
- She avoided reading the lurid headlines in the tabloids.
- The sunset cast a lurid orange glow across the sky.
- His face had a lurid pallor after the illness.
- The magazine was full of lurid stories about celebrities.
- The lurid neon signs lit up the street at night.
- Critics called the movie too lurid for young audiences.