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