Definitions for livid

Definitions for (adj) livid

Main entry: livid

Definition: furiously angry

Usage: willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid


Main entry: livid

Definition: (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity

Usage: livid lightning streaked the sky; a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day- E.A.Poe


Main entry: blanched, bloodless, white, ashen, livid

Definition: anemic looking from illness or emotion

Usage: 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


Main entry: black-and-blue, livid

Definition: discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin

Usage: beaten black and blue; livid bruises


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