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The meaning that is more familiar today, 'furiously angry', is a recent one not recorded before the 20th century. The earlier (17th century) meaning, still in use, is 'of a bluish leaden colour; discoloured by bruising':

A huge, livid, recently healed scar ran along the right side of his face—P. Abrahams, 1985.

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adjective

Lacking color: ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, waxen. See colors/colorless.

adj

Definition: pale, ashen
Antonyms: blushing, brilliant, flushed, radiant, rosy

IN BRIEF: Black-and-blue with bruising. Also: Pale with emotion, usually anger.

The teacher was absolutely livid with anger when the students ran down the halls.

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Discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue.

For a list of words related to livid, see:

• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate

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See words rhyming with "livid."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Livid.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - blodunderløben, blå, blyfarvet, blygrå, gusten, ligbleg, edderspændt, ærgre sig gul og grøn

Nederlands (Dutch)
woedend, loodkleurig, bont en blauw

Français (French)
adj. - livide, furieux, plombé, plombé (ciel)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (ugs.) ärgerlich, bleigrau

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πολύ θυμωμένος, φουριόζος, μωλωπισμένος, με μαυρίλες

Italiano (Italian)
livido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lívido, pálido, encolerizado

Русский (Russian)
синевато-серый, озлобленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lívido, pálido, ceniciento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blygrå, svartgrå, blå(blek), likblå, askgrå, likblek, vit, rasande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铁青的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鐵青的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 납빛의, 검푸른, 격노한 , 창백한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 鉛色の, 青黒い, 青ざめた, ひどく怒った, 激怒した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مزرق من أثر لطمه, شاحب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זועם, כחול-שחור (ממכות)‬

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