WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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,
         luridness]
    2: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
       sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness,
       lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor,
       wanness, achromasia]
    3: the quality of being ghastly [syn: ghastliness, grimness,
       gruesomeness, luridness]