LURID

adjective Etymology: Latin ~us pale yellow, sallow Date: 1603 1. causing horror or revulsion ; gruesome , melodramatic , sensational , 2. wan and ghastly pale in appearance, of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange, shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud, see: ghastly ~ly adverb ~ness noun