What is the meaning of lurid?

adjective

  • Horrible in fierceness or savagery.
    • usage: "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life"
  • Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism.
    • usage: "lurid details of the accident"
  • Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.
    • usage: "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
  • Ghastly pale.
    • usage: "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"
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