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LURIDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being ghastly
Synonyms:
ghastliness; grimness; gruesomeness; luridness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("luridness" is a kind of...):
frightfulness (the quality of being frightful)
Derivation:
lurid (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism)
lurid (horrible in fierceness or savagery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Synonyms:
achromasia; lividity; lividness; luridness; paleness; pallidness; pallor; wanness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("luridness" is a kind of...):
complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)
Derivation:
lurid (shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke)
lurid (ghastly pale)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
Example:
the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation
Synonyms:
luridness; sensationalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("luridness" is a kind of...):
journalese (the style in which newspapers are written)
Derivation:
lurid (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism)
