Livid | Definition of livid by Merriam-Webster

Full 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

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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

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

1

: very angry

2

: pale as ashes <Her face was livid with fear.>

3

: discolored by bruising <His cheek was livid.>

: discolored by bruising : black-and-blue

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