1. presented in vividly shocking or sensational detail
2. unpleasantly bright in color; garish
3. 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.