Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

luridnessmore about luridness

luridness


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




more about luridness