'luridness' definitions:

Definition of 'luridness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation" [syn: sensationalism, luridness]
noun
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia]
noun
The quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness]