1 (sordid, prurient) [+description, novel, photo, crime] morboso; escabroso In 1991 lurid headlines about "devil dogs" forced the Government to introduce a Dangerous Dogs Act
[+imagination, headline] morboso ...a paper reporting lurid crimes
in lurid detail sin omitir los detalles más escabrosos
the attack was described in lurid detail
2 (garish) [+colour, tie, shirt] chillón She was painting her nails a lurid red ...sweets that come in lurid colours and taste artificial ...lurid polyester skirts
a lurid pink dress un vestido (de color) rosa chillón
...his lurid green hair
3 (unnaturally colourful) [+sky, sunset, light] refulgente I felt a terrible joy and exaltation at the sound and taste and smell of all this destruction, at the lurid sky, the pall of smoke, the faces of bystanders wildly lit in the flames An ideal couple gaze at one another before a lurid sunset ...posters of lurid sunsets Soon it would be sunset and that lurid red light would colour the scene
