Luridness

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  luridness
       n 1: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to
            vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to
            maintain their circulation" [syn: {sensationalism}]
       2: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
          sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity},


           {paleness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
       3: the quality of being ghastly [syn: {ghastliness}, {grimness},
           {gruesomeness}]