lurid
adjective
lu·rid
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Definition of lurid
1a
: causing horror or revulsion : gruesome
The tabloids gave all the lurid details of floating wreckage and dismembered bodies.
2a
: wan and ghastly pale in appearance
frightened to death by the lurid waxworks— Sara H. Hay
b
: of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange
3
: shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud
lurid flames