Livid

Quick meaning: Livid is an adjective meaning Having a dark, bluish appearance.

Meaning

Having a dark, bluish appearance.

More Meanings

1. Pale, pallid.
2. (informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.

Example Sentences

I'm livid; a deathly pale light floods my face and I emanate a different smell. Charlie doesn't stop to analyse these subtle changes.

15939 Cap somew[hat] umbon[ate] smooth livid pale, Lamel[læ] annexed flesh-colored, Stipes sold smooth somew[hat] bulbous. [Describing a species of fungus.]

The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

When all the surroundings were thus rendered as brilliant as possible, so that the corpse looked more livid and ghastly by comparison, I seated myself once more, and prepared to read the last message of the dead.

Word Forms

• livider
• lividest

Synonyms for livid

Depending on context, synonyms include bluey, bluish, caesious, cerulescent, purplish, purply.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include angry, bloodless, colourless, blanched, colorless, white.

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