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Meaning of "luridness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LURIDNESS

luridness  [ˈljʊərɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LURIDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luridness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LURIDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

luridness

Macabre

In works of art, macabre is the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere. Macabre works emphasize the details and symbols of death. Authors such as H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe used macabre atmosphere in their works.

Definition of luridness in the English dictionary

The definition of luridness in the dictionary is unpleasant brightness. Other definition of luridness is the quality of giving shocking or sensational details.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LURIDNESS


acridness
ˈækrɪdnəs
aridness
ˈærɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
conceitedness
kənˈsiːtɪdnəs
connectedness
kəˈnektɪdnəs
floridness
ˈflɒrɪdnəs
giftedness
ˈɡɪftɪdnəs
horridness
ˈhɒrɪdnəs
hurriedness
ˈhʌrɪdnəs
kindredness
ˈkɪndrɪdnəs
light-headedness
ˌlaɪtˈhɛdɪdnəs
lividness
ˈlɪvɪdnəs
putridness
ˈpjuːtrɪdnəs
relatedness
rɪˈleɪtɪdnəs
rigidness
ˈrɪdʒɪdnəs
serriedness
ˈsɛrɪdnəs
spiritedness
ˈspɪrɪtɪdnəs
torridness
ˈtɒrɪdnəs
unweariedness
ʌnˈwɪərɪdnəs
variedness
ˈvɛərɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LURIDNESS

lur
lurch
lurcher
lurching
lurdan
lure
Lurex
lurgies
lurgy
Luria
lurid
luridly
Lurie
luringly
lurk
lurker
lurking
lurkingly
lurry
lurve

WORDS THAT END LIKE LURIDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of luridness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «luridness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LURIDNESS

Find out the translation of luridness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luridness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luridness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

luridness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luridness
570 millions of speakers

English

luridness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

luridness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

luridness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

luridness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lugubridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

luridness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

luridness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesunyian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reißerische Aufmachung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

luridness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

luridness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luridness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

luridness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

luridness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अहधगिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

luridness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luridness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

luridness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

luridness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luridness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

luridness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luridness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luridness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luridness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luridness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LURIDNESS»

The term «luridness» is normally little used and occupies the 117.410 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LURIDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «luridness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «luridness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luridness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LURIDNESS»

Discover the use of luridness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luridness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Student Companion to Thomas Hardy
Her imagination beheld a Last Day luridness in this red- coaled glow, which fell on his face and hand, and on hers, peering into the loose hair about her brow, and firing the delicate skin underneath. (IV.xxxiv) This is the first edition. But, in a  ...
Rosemarie Morgan, 2007
2
thomas hardy a study of the we sex novels, the poems, and ...
Imagination might have beheld a Last Day luridness in this red-coaled glow, which fell on his face and hand, and on hers, peering into the loose hair about her brow, and firing the delicate skin underneath. A large shadow of her shape rose ...
Henry Charles Duffin, 1962
3
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 12 ameliorative pallid: 3 wan; 4 pale pallidness: 6 pallor; 7 wanness; 8 lividity, paleness; 9 lividness, luridness pallium: 4 cope, gown, pall, robe; 5 frock; 6 cortex , mantle; 7 cassock pallor: 7 wanness; 8 lividity, paleness; 9 lividness, luridness, ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
4
Harlem Renaissance
He saw here a “nigger book” which feebly copied the luridness of Cocteau or Morand. The respectable characters were indistinguishable from whites, and the love affair a “rather palish brown.” “And the whole coloured thing is peculiarly ...
Nathan Irvin Huggins, 2007
5
Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture
Readers of these sorts of books are addicted to luridness; murders for political reasons don't sell in sizable quantities" (Weyr 39). Paul Dinas, executive editor for the Zebra true-crime book series (and editor of books on Jeffrey Dahmer and ...
David Schmid, 2006
6
American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra
The violence of imagery and action, however, does not subside with the car crash and the conclusion of Vorkapich's montage. The luridness carries over into the final scene in the Senate. Smith falls to the floor in a faint, after accusing Paine of  ...
Raymond Carney, 1986
7
Penny dreadful
At the centre of the book is the story of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.
Shannon Stewart, 2008
8
The Oratorical Dictionary
Gloomy, dismal. s. luridness: adv. luridly. LUS'CIOUS. adj. Sweet, pleasing, delicious, rich to the taste, cloying. s. lusciousness : adv. lusciously. LU'SORY. adj. Used in play; sportive. LUS'TRAL. adj. Used in or pertaining to purification.
John Newland Maffitt, 1835
9
Unnatural Wonders: Essays from the Gap Between Art and Life
... to them — a truth that underscores the Counter-Reformation's belief that the church might strengthen people's faith by increasing the luridness with which Christ's tormented flesh was represented. It explains an aspect of the power of images.
Arthur Coleman Danto, 2007
10
A Demon in My View: Stories
It was as though he had wakened from a bad dream. The images of his brief stay in New York City assailed his mind with their luridness. Mike Simmons was 20, slim, and of average height. He was educated yet unemployed, easygoing yet ...
Len Gasparini, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LURIDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luridness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Debunking the Planned Parenthood Video Hoax
The luridness of the accusations should have been enough for journalists to not run with the “accusations were made” story without taking 10 ... «RH Reality Check, Jul 15»
2
Review Roundup: Encores! Off-Center's THE WILD PARTY
... wearing a platinum-blond wig, a second-skin beaded dress and a been-there, done-that smirk, it is clear that luridness becomes Ms. Foster. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
Mother Canada: Reverent Memorial, or Monument to Profit and …
The size and luridness of the memorial and its placement at Green Cove on the striking Cabot Trail suggests too that natural landscapes dear ... «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
4
Review: 'Off the Main Road' Stars Kyra Sedgwick as a Wife in Distress
... Becky Ann Baker as a friendly landlady, admirably keeps a lid on simmering dialogue that is never far from boiling over into luridness. «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
25 Best Modern Exploitation Movies
... for Grindhouse, but whereas that movie and spinoffs like Machete wink self-consciously at exploitation cinema's grimy low-budget luridness, ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
6
Pat Kane: Designs on humanity's future
The tabloid headline “three-person embryos” could rival “test-tube babies” for luridness. But there was a thumping, free-vote majority in the ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
7
Susan Roth at Everson in Syracuse
The luridness of the color combinations in such pieces as the pedestal-mounted North Country Girl and the floor standing Sacajawea (both ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
8
Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho: Movie Review
You do feel the film could have been less breathy in its excitement over the intrinsic luridness of the material.The scatological jokes are way too ... «SKJ Bollywood News, Jun 15»
9
“Shashin! Japanese Photography Then/Now” at Sotheby's HK
Even for a photographer who is fairly well known for his erotic portrayals of women, Hong Kong impressed Araki with its luridness and thinly ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
10
Crispin Glover's 'unusual' event coming to Fort Lauderdale
Audiences generally are oblivious about the films' luridness, since Glover prefers to tour his "passion projects" at theater houses around the ... «SouthFlorida.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Luridness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/luridness>. May 2024 ».
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