| lurid | (adjective) shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke | - |
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| (adjective) ghastly pale | - |
| (adjective) glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism | Synonyms: shocking |
| (adjective) horrible in fierceness or savagery | - |
| luridly | (adverb) in a lurid manner | - |
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| luridness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness |
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| (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
| (noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | Synonyms: sensationalism |