Meaning & use
livid
Extremely angry, or having a bluish, bruised color.
See it in a sentence
She was livid when she discovered someone had scratched her new car.
The bruise on his shin turned a livid shade of purple by morning.
A note on using this word
Livid is most commonly used today to mean extremely angry; its older sense describing a bruised, discolored appearance is less frequent but still correct.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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