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| 1. | [ adjective ] (informal) furiously angry | |
| Examples: | "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism angry | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | ashen blanched white bloodless | |
| 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"- Mary Shelley "lips white with terror" |
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| Related terms: | colorless | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity | |
| Examples: | "livid lightning streaked the sky" "a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"- E.A.Poe |
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| Related terms: | light | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin | |
| Synonyms: | black-and-blue | |
| Examples: | "beaten black and blue" "livid bruises" |
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| Related terms: | injured | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin | |
| Synonyms: | black-and-blue | |
| Examples: | "beaten black and blue" "livid bruises" |
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| Related terms: | injured | |
| Similar spelling: |
lipid lipoid lipide libido livedo lipped |
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