0 in a shocking way that involves violence, sex, or immoral activity:
1 in a way that is too brightly coloured:
The luridly green broth was not very appetizing.
The toys are luridly coloured and particularly ugly.
He luridly described the terrors and confusions for plaintiffs of undergoing cross-examination.
Murders are widely and luridly reported in newspapers.
The police luridly played up the image of the young woman as a girl wearing only a fur rug.
