Meaning & use

livid

adjective·Academic

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.

Words with a similar meaning

furiousenragedirate

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Words with an opposite meaning

calmpleased

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