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Meaning of 'livid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Livid [ a.]
- Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.

Meaning of 'livid' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . livid [ s]
Meaning (1):
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
Example in sentence:
  • a face livid with shock;
  • a face turned ashen;
  • a face white with rage;
  • lips white with terror;
  • lips...livid with the hue of death;
  • the invalid's blanched cheeks;
  • tried to speak with bloodless lips
Meaning (2):
- (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
Example in sentence:
  • a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day;
  • livid lightning streaked the sky
Meaning (3):
- discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
Example in sentence:
  • beaten black and blue;
  • livid bruises
Meaning (4):
- furiously angry
Example in sentence:
  • willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid

Nearby Words:

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