Source : WordNet®

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}]