LIVID
Dictionary entry overview: What does livid mean?
• LIVID (adjective)
The adjective LIVID has 4 senses:
1. anemic looking from illness or emotion
2. (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
3. furiously angry
4. discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
Familiarity information: LIVID used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LIVID (adjective)
Meaning:
Anemic looking from illness or emotion
Synonyms:
ashen; blanched; livid; bloodless; white
Context examples:
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 / lips white with terror / a face white with rage
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Meaning:
(of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
Context examples:
livid lightning streaked the sky / a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day
Similar:
light (characterized by or emitting light)
Meaning:
Furiously angry
Context example:
willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
Synonyms:
black-and-blue; livid
Context examples:
beaten black and blue / livid bruises
Similar:
injured (usually used of physical or mental injury to persons)
