livid

liv·id

L0210700 (lĭv′ĭd)adj.1. Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue.2. Ashen or pallid: a face livid with shock.3. Extremely angry; furious.

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[Middle English livide, from Old French, from Latin līvidus, from līvēre, to be bluish; see sleiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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li·vid′i·ty, liv′id·ness n.liv′id·ly adv.

livid

(ˈlɪvɪd) adj1. (Pathology) (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise or contusion2. (Colours) of a greyish tinge or colour: livid pink. 3. informal angry or furious[C17: via French from Latin līvidus, from līvēre to be black and blue] ˈlividly adv ˈlividness, liˈvidity n

liv•id

(ˈlɪv ɪd)

adj. 1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc. 2. dull blue; dark, grayish blue. 3. enraged; furiously angry: Carelessness makes me absolutely livid. 4. reddish or flushed. 5. deathly pale; pallid; ashen: Fear turned his cheeks livid. [1615–25; < Latin līvidus=līv(ēre) to be livid + -idus -id⁴] liv′id•ly, adv. liv′id•ness, li•vid′i•ty, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	livid - anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"ashen, blanched, bloodless, whitecolorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	livid - (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; "livid lightning streaked the sky"; "a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"- E.A.Poelight - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
	3.	livid - furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechangry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"
	4.	livid - discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises"black-and-blueinjured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

livid

adjective1. (Informal) angry, cross, furious, outraged, mad (informal), boiling, fuming, choked, infuriated, incensed, enraged, exasperated, indignant, pissed off (taboo slang), incandescent, hot under the collar (informal), fit to be tied (slang), beside yourself, as black as thunder I am absolutely livid about it.
angry happy, pleased, delighted, content, forgiving, enchanted, overjoyed, blissful, assuaged, mollified2. discoloured, angry, purple, bruised, black-and-blue, contused The scarred side of his face was a livid red.

livid

adjectiveLacking color:ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, waxen.

Translations

lívidolivido