Main entry: luridness, gruesomeness, grimness, ghastliness
Definition: the quality of being ghastly
Main entry: paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness
Definition: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Main entry: sensationalism, luridness
Definition: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
Usage: the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation