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livid adjective [ ˈlɪvɪd ]

• furiously angry.
• "he was livid that Garry had escaped"
Similar: furious, angry, infuriated, irate, fuming, raging, seething, incensed, enraged, angered, beside oneself, wrathful, ireful, maddened, cross, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, indignant, mad, boiling, wild, seeing red, hot under the collar, up in arms, foaming at the mouth, on the warpath, steamed up, fit to be tied,
• dark bluish grey in colour.
• "livid bruises"
Similar: purplish, bluish, dark, discoloured, black and blue, purple, greyish blue, bruised, angry,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘of a bluish leaden colour’): from French livide or Latin lividus, from livere ‘be bluish’. The sense ‘furiously angry’ dates from the early 20th century.


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