livid

liv·id  (lvd)

adj.

1. Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue.

2. Ashen or pallid: a face livid with shock.

3. Extremely angry; furious.

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[Middle English livide, from Old French, from Latin lvidus, from lvre, to be bluish; see slei- in Indo-European roots.]

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li·vidi·ty, livid·ness n.

livid·ly adv.

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livid [ˈlɪvɪd]

adj

1. (Medicine / Pathology) (of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise or contusion

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a greyish tinge or colour livid pink

3. Informal angry or furious

[via French from Latin līvidus, from līvēre to be black and blue]

lividly  adv

lividness , lividity n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	livid - 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" ashen, blanched, bloodless, white colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
	2.	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 light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
	3.	livid - furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"
	4.	livid - discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" black-and-blue injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

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livid

adjective

1. (Informal) angry, cross, furious, outraged, mad (informal), boiling, fuming, choked, infuriated, incensed, enraged, exasperated, indignant, pissed off (taboo slang), incandescent, hot under the collar (informal), fit to be tied (slang), beside yourself, as black as thunder I am absolutely livid about it.
angry happy, pleased, delighted, content, forgiving, enchanted, overjoyed, blissful, assuaged, mollified

2. discoloured, angry, purple, bruised, black-and-blue, contused The scarred side of his face was a livid red.

Translations

livid [ˈlɪvɪd] ADJ

1. (= furious) → furioso, furibundo
to be livid about or at sth → estar furioso por algo, estar furibundo por algo

2. (= purple) [bruise, scar] → amoratado; [colour, sky] → morado
his face was livid → su rostro estaba lívido
to be livid with rage → estar lívido de rabia
the sky was a livid blue → el cielo era de un azul tirando a morado
the scar was a livid red → la cicatriz tenía un color rojo amoratado

livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adj

(= furious) → furieux/euse, furibond(e)

(= purplish) [scar, wound] → livide; [red, blue] → livide

livid

adj

(inf: = furious) → wütend, fuchsteufelswild (inf) (→ about, at über +acc); he was livid about having to do it himself → er war höchst empört darüber, dass er es selbst machen musste; to be livid with rage → eine Stinkwut haben (inf), → fuchsteufelswild sein (inf); he got livid with us → er hatte eine Stinkwut auf uns (inf)

(= dark purple) → dunkelviolett; (= greyish) → purpurgrau; livid red → purpurrot; the sky was a livid blue → der Himmel war purpurblau

livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adj

a. (furious) → furioso/a, livido/a di rabbia, furibondo/a

b. (in colour, complexion) → livido/a; (sky) → plumbeo/a; (bruise) → bluastro/a

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livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adj

a. (furious) → furioso/a, livido/a di rabbia, furibondo/a

b. (in colour, complexion) → livido/a; (sky) → plumbeo/a; (bruise) → bluastro/a