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Definition of livid in English: lividadjective ˈlɪvɪdˈlɪvɪd 1Furiously angry. he was livid that Garry had escaped Example sentencesExamples - I was infuriated at being restrained like this, and absolutely livid that they had taken Gabriel away… maybe even killed him.
- I was livid with anger; desperately trying to maintain my composure in the face of blatant bigotry, and extreme ignorance on the verge of stupidity.
- It remains a solitary recorded example of coffee-table trip-hop fans erupting in a livid wave of anger - the musical equivalent of assistant librarians rioting.
- Alex was livid, visibly shaking with anger and terror.
- After I left the office, I was livid with anger, and would have shoved anyone's head down a toilet if they had as much as said a word to me.
- He was livid, furious at his father and his anger grew with every tear his mother shed.
- My buddy told me that Abe was livid with anger, but he hid it, and continued to talk to Barney as though nothing untoward had been said!
- Aides say he was fuming, so livid that he almost refused to come out to talk to the crowd.
- I am incensed, I am livid, I am wide awake at 3.20 in the morning Thursday writing this email.
- It's a saying that makes women livid with frustration and anger at the unfairness of life, while men can remain smugly secure in their bald spot.
- He looks livid, however, and I'm dreading the angry shouting that I'll probably get to look forward to later tonight.
- The parlor doors burst open, and Ashton strode inside, looking livid with anger.
- Joyce isn't speaking with ‘sly humour’ but with livid anger that a tradesman is delaying his book's publication.
- Both were angry, more livid than she could imagine.
- A quiet street was left resembling a scrapyard after an irate motorist, apparently livid at not finding a parking spot outside his house, went berserk and smashed up all the cars on the street.
- Her eyes grew livid with anger and she reached for the phone.
- He was absolutely livid, fuming at the station staff who couldn't advise him when his next train would be.
- And I am enraged, horrified, livid that someone would doubt this.
- He was livid, cross with himself, and frustrated.
- Ryder was seriously moving past furious to livid.
Synonyms furious, angry, infuriated, irate, fuming, raging, seething, incensed, enraged, angered, beside oneself, wrathful, ireful, maddened, cross, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, indignant informal mad, boiling, wild, seeing red, hot under the collar, up in arms, foaming at the mouth, on the warpath, steamed up, fit to be tied 2Dark bluish grey in colour. Example sentencesExamples - The recoil brought the barrel upwards and it smacked into her face, leaving a livid bruise.
- The colours come straight from the furnace: ochre, livid purple and charcoal, culminating in the fierce heat of dusk when the dying sun sets fire to the ridgetops.
- She stroked her long brown hair, making sure it covered the livid bruise on her cheek.
- Among them, nevertheless, are children still in wheelchairs, adults with crutches, a solicitous woman whose face and arms are speckled still with the dark, livid marks left by flying glass.
- There were livid bruises on his shoulder, and chest, he was unshaven, and his hair uncombed.
- It was a livid blue colour although sometimes it melded through a shocking purple into a bright red.
- His body in livid bruises is depicted against the background of Poland's national flag.
- A livid scar stood out against the chestnut skin from his left cheek down to his chin.
- My eyes flashed past Nathan picturesque face and caught a figure in black that stood out plainly in the mass of livid colors.
- He had a livid bruise on his cheek, which was swooned over by many admirers.
- Dark marks ringed the boy's bony wrist, livid against pale flesh.
- There was a large and livid bruise on the left side of her face, where he had hit her, and a cut on the opposite cheek, which he hadn't seen before, where she had hit the floor.
- There was a fresh livid purple bruise under his ear, as though he'd been in a fight.
- There's been a colour-shift giving them a rather livid hue as if they had all been bruised in a fight for survival.
- Although the application of a cold wet cloth to the injured area may keep the bruise from becoming too livid, the bruise should disappear by itself in 10 to 14 days.
- Her skin was still pale with the exception of the livid bruises that dotted her body.
- A female teaching colleague once showed me her legs, arms and torso covered in livid bruises.
- Off to the Charity Ball is a firm favourite, with its livid pastels against bright white, the skulking figures throwing dark, tactile shadows onto the projecting shelf below.
- They were also concerned that Mrs Holland had a livid bruise on her jaw and had lost a tooth as a result of an assault the previous week.
Synonyms purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, black and blue, purple, greyish-blue bruised angry
Derivatives noun lɪˈvɪdɪtiləˈvɪdədi Breaking waves ride over each other reddened by the lividity of a fulminous sky, mount and collapse, as they wrest down a tall toppling ship not far out of landfall.
adverb I was satisfied by the finger marks on Matt's face, the scratches where my nails had ripped into his skin, leaving tiny beads and thin trails of blood that glowed lividly on his bruised face. Example sentencesExamples - His acquaintance hissed lividly at the sound of Birdie's surname.
- The Southside gang leader was yelling lividly at the leader of the Westside gang, and forks were beginning to fly.
- Each scene is topped by a glossy, cloudless, lividly colored sky.
- Gemma was still frozen in place when Jack, slightly disheveled but wide awake and lividly angry, came to her side.
noun I tried not to blush, more so from my lividness with Cooper for even hinting to Katie that I had a crush on her. Example sentencesExamples - She crossed her arms roughly, an intense expression of lividness seen on her almost angelic features.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'of a bluish leaden colour'): from French livide or Latin lividus, from livere 'be bluish'. The sense 'furiously angry' dates from the early 20th century. First recorded meaning ‘of a bluish leaden colour’, livid comes from Latin lividus, from livere ‘be bluish’. It was often used to describe the skin of someone cold or very ill. The sense ‘furiously angry’ dates from the early 20th century.
Definition of livid in US English: lividadjectiveˈlividˈlɪvɪd 1Furiously angry. he was livid at being left out Example sentencesExamples - A quiet street was left resembling a scrapyard after an irate motorist, apparently livid at not finding a parking spot outside his house, went berserk and smashed up all the cars on the street.
- Alex was livid, visibly shaking with anger and terror.
- It remains a solitary recorded example of coffee-table trip-hop fans erupting in a livid wave of anger - the musical equivalent of assistant librarians rioting.
- My buddy told me that Abe was livid with anger, but he hid it, and continued to talk to Barney as though nothing untoward had been said!
- He was livid, furious at his father and his anger grew with every tear his mother shed.
- It's a saying that makes women livid with frustration and anger at the unfairness of life, while men can remain smugly secure in their bald spot.
- He looks livid, however, and I'm dreading the angry shouting that I'll probably get to look forward to later tonight.
- After I left the office, I was livid with anger, and would have shoved anyone's head down a toilet if they had as much as said a word to me.
- He was absolutely livid, fuming at the station staff who couldn't advise him when his next train would be.
- Both were angry, more livid than she could imagine.
- Joyce isn't speaking with ‘sly humour’ but with livid anger that a tradesman is delaying his book's publication.
- I am incensed, I am livid, I am wide awake at 3.20 in the morning Thursday writing this email.
- I was infuriated at being restrained like this, and absolutely livid that they had taken Gabriel away… maybe even killed him.
- He was livid, cross with himself, and frustrated.
- Aides say he was fuming, so livid that he almost refused to come out to talk to the crowd.
- I was livid with anger; desperately trying to maintain my composure in the face of blatant bigotry, and extreme ignorance on the verge of stupidity.
- The parlor doors burst open, and Ashton strode inside, looking livid with anger.
- Her eyes grew livid with anger and she reached for the phone.
- Ryder was seriously moving past furious to livid.
- And I am enraged, horrified, livid that someone would doubt this.
Synonyms furious, angry, infuriated, irate, fuming, raging, seething, incensed, enraged, angered, beside oneself, wrathful, ireful, maddened, cross, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, indignant 2Dark bluish gray in color. his face went livid, then purple Example sentencesExamples - Her skin was still pale with the exception of the livid bruises that dotted her body.
- He had a livid bruise on his cheek, which was swooned over by many admirers.
- The recoil brought the barrel upwards and it smacked into her face, leaving a livid bruise.
- Although the application of a cold wet cloth to the injured area may keep the bruise from becoming too livid, the bruise should disappear by itself in 10 to 14 days.
- There's been a colour-shift giving them a rather livid hue as if they had all been bruised in a fight for survival.
- Dark marks ringed the boy's bony wrist, livid against pale flesh.
- Among them, nevertheless, are children still in wheelchairs, adults with crutches, a solicitous woman whose face and arms are speckled still with the dark, livid marks left by flying glass.
- A female teaching colleague once showed me her legs, arms and torso covered in livid bruises.
- Off to the Charity Ball is a firm favourite, with its livid pastels against bright white, the skulking figures throwing dark, tactile shadows onto the projecting shelf below.
- It was a livid blue colour although sometimes it melded through a shocking purple into a bright red.
- My eyes flashed past Nathan picturesque face and caught a figure in black that stood out plainly in the mass of livid colors.
- There was a fresh livid purple bruise under his ear, as though he'd been in a fight.
- There was a large and livid bruise on the left side of her face, where he had hit her, and a cut on the opposite cheek, which he hadn't seen before, where she had hit the floor.
- She stroked her long brown hair, making sure it covered the livid bruise on her cheek.
- His body in livid bruises is depicted against the background of Poland's national flag.
- They were also concerned that Mrs Holland had a livid bruise on her jaw and had lost a tooth as a result of an assault the previous week.
- The colours come straight from the furnace: ochre, livid purple and charcoal, culminating in the fierce heat of dusk when the dying sun sets fire to the ridgetops.
- There were livid bruises on his shoulder, and chest, he was unshaven, and his hair uncombed.
- A livid scar stood out against the chestnut skin from his left cheek down to his chin.
Synonyms purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, black and blue, purple, greyish-blue
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘of a bluish leaden color’): from French livide or Latin lividus, from livere ‘be bluish’. The sense ‘furiously angry’ dates from the early 20th century. |