luridness

luridness (http://definr.com/luridness)

     n 1: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to
          vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to
          maintain their circulation" [syn: sensationalism]
     2: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
        sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity,
         paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia]
     3: the quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness,
         gruesomeness]