livid
/ˈlɪvɪd
/adjective
1Furiously angry: he was livid that Garry had escaped...
- He was livid, furious at his father and his anger grew with every tear his mother shed.
- Ryder was seriously moving past furious to livid.
- Both were angry, more livid than she could imagine.
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: livid bruises...
- 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.
- 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
lividity
/ noun ...- 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.
lividly
- 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.
- Each scene is topped by a glossy, cloudless, lividly colored sky.
- His acquaintance hissed lividly at the sound of Birdie's surname.
lividness
- I tried not to blush, more so from my lividness with Cooper for even hinting to Katie that I had a crush on her.
- 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.