luridness

Meanings

Noun

• the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
• unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
• the quality of being ghastly

Synonyms

achromasia, ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, lividity, lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, sensationalism, wanness