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Luridness

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Noun

1. luridness, sensationalism

the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

Example Sentences:
'the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation'

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

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

3. ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness

the quality of being ghastly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Luridness

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adjective
1. 
vivid in shocking detail; sensational
2. 
horrible in savagery or violence
3. 
pallid in colour; wan
4. 
glowing with an unnatural glare

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Luridness

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adjective
1.  Rare
deathly pale; wan
2. 
glowing through a haze, as flames enveloped by smoke
3. 
a. 
vivid in a harsh or shocking way; startling; sensational
b. 
characterized by violent passion or crime
a lurid tale

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Luridness

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adj.
1.
a. Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant to provoke or shock: a lurid account of the crime.
b. Characterized by shocking or outrageous behavior: a friend with a lurid past.
2.
a. Bright and intense in color; vivid: “the whole loud overbright town like the lurid midway of a carnival” (Paul Theroux).
b. Sallow or pallid: “An early work of Caravaggio's, this self-portrait shows the artist's lurid pallor after being hospitalized” (Rachel Shirley).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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