luridness

lu·rid  (lrd)

adj.

1. Causing shock or horror; gruesome.

2. Marked by sensationalism: a lurid account of the crime. See Synonyms at ghastly.

3. Glowing or shining with the glare of fire through a haze: lurid flames.

4. Sallow or pallid in color.

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[Latin lridus, pale, from lror, paleness.]

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lurid·ly adv.

lurid·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	luridness - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation" sensationalism journalese - the style in which newspapers are written
	2.	luridness - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia, lividity complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face
	3.	luridness - the quality of being ghastly ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness frightfulness - the quality of being frightful

Translations

luridness

n

(of colour, sky, dress) → Grellheit f; (of posters) → schreiende Art

(of account) → reißerische or sensationslüsterne Aufmachung; (of details) → grausige Darstellung; the luridness of his language → seine reißerische Sprache; the luridness of this tale → diese blutrünstige or grausige Geschichte