Noun luridness has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness - the quality of being ghastly
    --3 is a kind of frightfulness
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