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livid

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˈɫɪvɪd// UK //lˈɪvɪd// livid Informal

adj. extremely angry or very pale because you are shocked or sick.

adj. extremely angry or pale as a result of shock, illness, or intense emotion. Often used to describe a state of extreme displeasure or a sudden loss of color in the face.


SIMPLE

He was livid when he found out the truth.

CONTEXTUAL

The manager was livid after seeing the damaged equipment and refused to pay for the repairs.

COMPLEX

The witness turned livid as the defense attorney suggested she had lied under oath, her face losing all color as she stood to protest the accusation.

Synonyms
Origin

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”).

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