Lurid

"Lurid" is a word that's thrown around a lot when describing books.

Money Shot -- Christa Faust Bill Crider 2007

"Lurid" is a word that's thrown around a lot when describing books.

Archive 2007-11-11 Bill Crider 2007

There's a scent from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab called The Lurid Library, which smells like dusty parchment and old books.

Perfume Review: CB I Hate Perfume In The Library and Demeter Paperback...plus a small prize draw and a short poll Marina Geigert 2007

"Lurid" is also a less indistinct epithet than "livid wave," and, if you think so, a dash of the pen will do.

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

Lurid, fruity prose, awash in imagery and sensuous textures and colors?

A Progressive on the Prairie » Booking Through Thursday: Sensual » Print 2010

Lurid pictures of the SL massacres are in the public domain worldwide, thanks to the internet.

Global Voices in English » Sri Lanka: Abuse, Disbelief And Bitterness Persist 2009

Lurid moments aheadNearly two years after Jackson's death, the innovative, one-gloved "moonwalk" dancer who wrote and sang hits including Thriller, Billie Jean and Beat It remains a media lure.

Doctor's trial spotlights Michael Jackson's lifestyle 2011

Lurid, fruity prose, awash in imagery and sensuous textures and colors?

Booking Through Thursday: Sensual « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010

Lurid red splotches stained his wrinkled business shirt.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

Lurid but still midmorning hazy, the light streamed through her window, bathing her powder pink walls in a translucent glow, giving each object in the room its own thin halo.

Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010