lurid details
Graphic, disturbing particulars
Lurid details are the sensational, shocking, or disturbing particulars of a story—the graphic specifics that make accounts of crimes, scandals, or disasters both compelling and unsettling.
The phrase often carries a note of disapproval, suggesting the information appeals to morbid curiosity: The tabloids reported all the lurid details of the affair.
Someone who spares the lurid details omits the most disturbing parts.
- shock valueCapacity to disturb
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- tabloidsSensational gossip newspapers
- tabloid fodderSensationalized celebrity news
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
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