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1. (adj.) livid
having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc.
2. livid
dull blue; dark, grayish blue.
3. livid
enraged; furiously angry:
Carelessness makes me absolutely livid.
4. livid
reddish or flushed.
5. livid
deathly pale; pallid; ashen:
Fear turned his cheeks livid.
Etymology: (1615–25; < L līvidus=līv(ēre) to be livid +-idus -id4)
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1. (adj) ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
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"
2. (adj) 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.Poe
3. (adj) livid
furiously angry
"willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"
4. (adj) black-and-blue, livid
discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
"beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises"
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1. (adj) livid
black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion
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