LURIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luridness mean? 

• LURIDNESS (noun)
  The noun LURIDNESS has 3 senses:

1. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

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

3. the quality of being ghastly

  Familiarity information: LURIDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LURIDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

luridness; sensationalism

Context example:

the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation

Hypernyms ("luridness" is a kind of...):

journalese (the style in which newspapers are written)

Derivation:

lurid (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

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

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 quality of being ghastly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ghastliness; grimness; gruesomeness; luridness

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)