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noun
The property of being lurid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being ghastly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frightfulness
noun
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexion, skin color, skin colour
noun
the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sensationalism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: journalese
History
Etymology tree English lurid Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English luridness From lurid + -ness.
