Definition of luridness Luridness

lu•rid•ness

We found 5 definitions of luridness from 3 different sources.

What does luridness mean?

Noun
luridness - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
		lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
		skin color, skin colour, complexion (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
luridness - the quality of being ghastly
		ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness
		frightfulness the quality of being frightful
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