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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
luridness
1. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes - the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation • Syn: sensationalism • Derivationally related forms: lurid, sensationalistic (for: sensationalism), sensationalist (for: sensationalism) • Hypernyms: journalese 2. the quality of being ghastly • Syn: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness • Derivationally related forms: lurid, gruesome (for: gruesomeness), grim (for: grimness), ghastly (for: ghastliness) • Hypernyms: frightfulness 3. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: lividness, lividity, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia • Derivationally related forms: wan (for: wanness), pale (for: pallor), pallid (for: pallidness), pale (for: paleness), lurid, livid (for: lividity), livid (for: lividness) • Hypernyms: complexion, skin color, skin colour
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