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111macabre — (m[.a]*k[aum] b[ e]r) adj. 1. portraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horror; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen. [Also spelled {macaber}.] Syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, lurid. [WordNet… …
112neutral — Colorless Col or*less, a. 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas. Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also See:… …
113Tabloid — Tab loid (t[a^]b loid), a. 1. Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. of or pertaining to a tabloid newspaper… …
114Wan — Wan, a. [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See {Win}.] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. Sad to view, his visage pale and wan. Spenser.… …
115white — Colorless Col or*less, a. 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas. Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also See:… …
116lurdane — noun Etymology: Middle English lurdan, from Anglo French *lurdin, from lurd dull, stupid, from Latin luridus lurid Date: 14th century archaic a lazy stupid person • lurdane adjective …
117sensational — adjective Date: 1840 1. of or relating to sensation or the senses 2. arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, intense, and usually superficial interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction < sensational tabloid news > 3.… …
118urban legend — noun Date: 1968 an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true < the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers > called also urban myth …
119luridly — adverb see lurid …
120luridness — noun see lurid …
