lurid

I choked on my croissant at the lurid accounts in the New York Times, which positively wallowed in the story.

As usual he had drunk too much, and in his eyes blazed the lurid flames kindled by alcohol.

She was silent again, and Fleda, as before some lurid image of this interview, sat without speaking.

Through the lurid rift of smoke I can see the friendly stars.

It was during this lurid sunset period of his unnecessary existence that Dave made confessions.

Instead of such work we have consistently had traditional tales, political tracts, and lurid melodramas.