livid meaning

livid as an adjective

1. anemic looking from illness or emotion
   • 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

   Synonyms: ashen, blanched, bloodless, white

   Similar: colorless

   Related forms: lividness, lividity

2. (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
   • livid lightning streaked the sky
   • a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day

   Similar: light

3. furiously angry
   • willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid

   Similar: angry

   Related forms: lividity

4. discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
   • beaten black and blue
   • livid bruises

   Synonyms: black-and-blue

   Similar: injured

   Related forms: lividness

How to pronounce livid

livid is pronounced /ˈlɪvɪd/ in British English and /ˈlɪvɪd/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.