S: (adj) lurid, shocking (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism) "lurid details of the accident"
S: (adj) disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"