luridness
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation
Types & categories
- journalese hypernym
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- sensationalist derivation
- shocking derivation
- scandalmongering derivation
Sense 2 noun
unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Types & categories
- complexion hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
the quality of being ghastly
Types & categories
- frightfulness hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensationalist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shocking |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scandalmongering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | journalese |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pale |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | livid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pallid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | black-and-blue |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | complexion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ghastly |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | charnel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forbidding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mordant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shocking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurid |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | frightfulness |