livid

liv·id

adjective \ˈli-vəd\

Definition of LIVID

1

: discolored by bruising : black-and-blue <the livid traces of the sharp scourges — Abraham Cowley>

2

: ashen, pallid <this cross, thy livid face, thy pierced hands and feet — Walt Whitman>

3

: reddish <a fan of gladiolas blushed livid under the electric letters — Truman Capote>

4

: very angry : enraged <was livid at his son's disobedience>

— li·vid·i·ty \li-ˈvi-də-tē\ noun

— liv·id·ness \ˈli-vəd-nəs\ noun

Examples of LIVID

1. <the boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed>
2. <her face was livid with fear>

Origin of LIVID

French livide, from Latin lividus, from livēre to be blue; akin to Welsh lliw color and probably to Russian sliva plum

First Known Use: 1622

Related to LIVID

Synonyms

angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, angry, mad, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth

Antonyms

angerless, delighted, pleased

Related Words

ranting, raving, stormy; boiling, bristling, bristly, burning, cross, huffy, passionate, seething, sizzling, smoldering (or smouldering), worked up, wrought (up); acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, bitter, embittered, inimical, malevolent, piqued, rancorous, resentful, spiteful, vengeful, vindictive, virulent, vitriolic; antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy, ill-tempered, sorehead (or soreheaded), sulky, unfriendly, unpleasant; aggravated, annoyed, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, exasperated, fretful, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, inflammable, irascible, irritable, peevish, perturbed, petulant, put out, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy; argumentative, belligerent, contentious, contrary, disputatious, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, querulous

Near Antonyms

accepting, accommodating, obliging; agreeable, amenable, complaisant; amicable, cordial, friendly; content, happy, satisfied; empathetic, sympathetic, tolerant, understanding; calm, pacific, peaceable, placid, serene, tranquil, unembittered; affable, amiable, easygoing, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, kind, pleasant, sweet

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

liv·id

adjective \ˈliv-əd\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of LIVID

: discolored by bruising : black-and-blue