lurid   (Sound)

The adj lurid has 4 senses

• lurid -- (horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life")


• lurid, shocking -- (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident")


• lurid -- (shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames")


• lurid -- (ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence")