Synonyms for luridness
Most common
pallor paleness lividity pallidness grimness gruesomeness sensationalism
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pallor
pallor, paleness, lividity, pallidness, wanness, achromasia, lividness
2. Grimness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being lurid.
The luridness of the author's descriptions turned off the critics.
Forms
- Plural
- luridnesses → pallors, palenesses, lividities, wannesses…
Example sentences
- pallor The pallor of his face presaged his tragic end.
- paleness Her deathly paleness is due to long illness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| luridness | steady | |
| pallor | rising | |
| paleness | rising | |
| lividity | rising | |
| pallidness | steady | |
| grimness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- pallor
- 7 letters
- wanness
- 8 letters
- paleness, grimness2, lividity4
- 9 letters
- lividness
- 10 letters
- pallidness, achromasia
- 11 letters
- ghastliness3
- 12 letters
- gruesomeness
- 14 letters
- sensationalism6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (grimness2 = 2 syllables).