Noun luridness has 3 senses
- sensationalism, luridness - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
--1 is a kind of journalese
- lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
--2 is a kind of complexion, skin color, skin colour
- ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness - the quality of being ghastly
--3 is a kind of frightfulness
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