Hypertext Webster Gateway: "luridness"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
luridness
n 1: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to
vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to
maintain their circulation" [syn: {sensationalism}]
2: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity},
{paleness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
3: the quality of being ghastly [syn: {ghastliness}, {grimness},
{gruesomeness}]
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