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livid Definition

livid (liv′id)

adjective

  1. discolored by a bruise; black-and-blue
  2. grayish-blue; lead-colored: sometimes taken to mean pale, white, or red livid with rage
  3. very angry; enraged

Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr livide < L lividus, akin to livere, to be black and blue < IE *(s)līwos- < base *(s)li-, bluish > sloe, OSlav sliva, plum

livid Related Forms

li·vid′·ity (li vid′i tē) noun or liv′·id·ness

livid Synonyms

livid

modif.

  1. Discolored

    purplish, gray, lead-colored, black and blue; see pale 1, purple.

  2. Angry

    outraged, offended, black*; see angry. See syn. study at pale.

livid Usage Examples

Preposition: about

way: A source is quoted by Britain's Daily Star newspaper as saying " Ed was livid about the way Jude publicly humiliated Sienna.

Preposition: with

  • rage: Benn's speech at the first party conference after the election had many former ministers almost literally livid with rage.
  • anger: When Crassus heard this, the face of the Dives went livid with anger.

Modifies a noun

  • face: The last conscious effort which imagination made was to show me a livid white face bending over me out of the mist.
  • scar: Running along the length of his thumb is a livid scar where the digit was dislocated during an anti-government demonstration.
  • light: A livid green light flowed into the corridor behind them.
  • sunset: Through that limited aperture they could see nothing but the two legs black against the reflection of a pale and livid sunset.
  • white: It was of a livid chalky white, and with something set and rigid about it which was shockingly unnatural.
  • mark: The livid strawberry mark was there for all to see.

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: He mentions that Kenton is not expecting Ruth to be at the meeting on Sunday, at which David is absolutely livid.
  • still: This cost the Commode D ' Or dearly - the WWW is still livid!
  • obviously: Some of the contributors were quite obviously livid with rage and other volatile emotions.
  • perfectly: He was perfectly livid, tho I noticed that his passengers and/or crew remained staring intently at the other bank.
  • quite: By September they are everywhere, hanging from their trees in beautiful bunches of tiny black berries, often with quite livid red stalks.

Used with adjective complement

go: Sir, you may speak. ' Lefaucheux had gone livid.