NOUN | communication | luridness, sensationalism | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes |
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attribute | luridness, lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | |
attribute | luridness, ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness | the quality of being ghastly |
Meaning | The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes. | |
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Synonym | sensationalism | |
Broader | journalese | The style in which newspapers are written |
Adjectives | lurid | glaringly vivid and graphic |
Meaning | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress). | |
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Synonyms | lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia | |
Broader | complexion, skin color, skin colour | The coloring of a person's face |
Spanish | achromasia, lividez, palidez | |
Catalan | achromasia, pal·lidesa | |
Adjectives | lurid | shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke |
lurid | ghastly pale / pale |
Meaning | The quality of being ghastly. | |
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Synonyms | ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness | |
Broader | frightfulness | The quality of being frightful |
Adjectives | lurid | glaringly vivid and graphic |
lurid | horrible in fierceness or savagery |
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