Defenition of the word luridness

• Defenition of the word luridness

  • the quality of being ghastly
  • unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
  • the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
  • the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

Synonyms for the word luridness

• • achromasia
  • brightness
  • garishness
  • ghastliness
  • grimness
  • gruesomeness
  • lividity
  • lividness
  • paleness
  • pallidness
  • pallor
  • sensationalism
  • vividness
  • wanness

Similar words in the luridness

• • luridness
  • luridness's

Hypernyms for the word luridness

• • complection
  • complexion
  • frightfulness
  • journalese
  • skin color
  • skin colour

See other words

• • What is tackily
  • The definition of pretentiously
  • The interpretation of the word vetting
  • What is meant by cheaply
  • The lexical meaning wettest
  • The dictionary meaning of the word painstakingly
  • The grammatical meaning of the word wetly
  • Meaning of the word wetness
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word wetlands
  • The origin of the word vividly
  • Synonym for the word pretensions
  • Antonyms for the word good manners
  • Homonyms for the word loudly
  • Hyponyms for the word luridly
  • Holonyms for the word lippy
  • Hypernyms for the word etiquette
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word let breathe
  • Translation of the word in other languages ritzy