luridness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: luridness	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
luridness n the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation" Synonym(s): sensationalism, luridness unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) Synonym(s): lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia the quality of being ghastly Synonym(s): ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness