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livid

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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.

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

li·vidi·ty, livid·ness n.
livid·ly adv.

livid
Adjective
1. Informal extremely angry
2. of a dark grey or purple colour: livid bruises [Latin livere to be black and blue]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

livid
adjective 1. (Informal) angry, cross, furious, outraged, mad (informal) boiling, fuming, choked, infuriated, incensed, enraged, exasperated, indignant, incandescent, hot under the collar (informal) fit to be tied (slang) beside yourself, as black as thunder, tooshie Austral. (slang) off the air Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE delighted
adjective 2. discoloured, angry, purple, bruised, black-and-blue, contused
Translations
livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adjlívido (= furious); furioso
livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adjlivide, blafard(e) (= furious); furieux/euse, furibond(e)
livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adj [colour] → bleifarben;
(inf) (= furious); fuchsteufelswild
livid [ˈlɪvɪd] adjlivido/a (= furious); livido/a di rabbia, furibondo/a


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At midnight, with a beating heart, trembling hands, and a livid countenance, he descended from the tree, took a ladder, leaned it against the wall, mounted it to the last step but one, and listened.
The beams of the cold northern moon, mingling strangely with the dawning light, clothe the snowy plains in hues of livid gray.
His captor was Burton Duff, the jailer, as white as death and bearing upon his brow the livid mark of the iron bar.
 
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