English Explanatory Dictionary

livid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  2. Pale, pallid.
  3. So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪvɪd/ en-au-livid.ogg

Word forms

livid livider more livid lividest most livid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-der. Proto-Italic *slīwēō Latin līveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin līvidusder. Middle French lividebor. Middle English livid English livid From Middle English livid, livide, from Old French livide, from Latin līvidus (“bluish, livid; envious”), from līveō (“be of a bluish color or livid; envy”), from Proto-Italic *sliwēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, suffixed form of *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). See also Old English slā (“sloe”), Welsh lliw (“splendor, color”), Old Irish li, Lithuanian slyvas (“plum”), and Russian and Old Church Slavonic слива (sliva, “plum”).

Synonyms

bluey bluish caesious cerulescent purplish purply ashen ashen-faced ashy blake blanched bleak bloodless chalky exsanguious ghastly grey livid pale pallid pasty sallow wan washed out white whey-faced agitated angry annoyed apoplectic bad-tempered berserk big mad blood-boiling boiling mad butthurt cheesed off choleric cranky cross enraged fit to be tied frustrated fuming furibund furious fury glimflashy grim hopping mad ill-natured incensed infuriated irate ireful ired irritated little mad mad mad as a bear with a sore head

Related words

scorch

Derived words

lividity lividly lividness
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