lurid in WordNet English dictionary

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