LURIDNESS

ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness

(noun) the quality of being ghastly

lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia

(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

sensationalism, luridness

(noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; “the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

luridness (uncountable)

The property of being lurid.

The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.

Source: Wiktionary

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