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horrible in fierceness or savagery;
"lurid crimes"
"a lurid life"
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glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
"lurid details of the accident"
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shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke;
"a lurid sunset"
"lurid flames"
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ghastly pale;
"moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"