disapproval If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail. lurid accounts of Claire's sexual exploits Some reports have contained lurid accounts of deaths and mutilations. = sensational + luridly lu·rid·ly His cousin was soon cursing luridly
shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames" ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence" glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life
disapproval If you describe something as lurid, you do not like it because it is very brightly coloured. She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange. + luridly lu·rid·ly It had a high ceiling and a luridly coloured square of carpet on the floor