"livid" in the adjective sense
1. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
anemic looking from illness or emotion
"a face turned ashen"
"the invalid's blanched cheeks"
"tried to speak with bloodless lips"
"a face livid with shock"
"lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
"lips white with terror"
"a face white with rage"
2. livid
of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
"livid lightning streaked the sky"
"a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"- E.A.Poe
3. livid
furiously angry
"willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"
4. black-and-blue, livid
discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
"beaten black and blue"
"livid bruises"
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