Noun: luridness lûr-id-nus
- The quality of being ghastly
"The luridness of the crime scene disturbed even experienced detectives";
- ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness
- The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
"the tabloids relied on luridness to maintain their circulation";
- sensationalism
- Unnatural lack of colour in the skin (as from bruising, sickness or emotional distress)
"The luridness of his face alarmed the doctor";
- lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
Type of: complexion, frightfulness, journalese [informal], skin color [US], skin colour [Brit, Cdn]