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# livid

«livid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very, very angry, so angry you can hardly keep calm** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (livid, more livid, most livid)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very, very angry, so angry you can hardly keep calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#m1)

2) (of skin) Dark blue-grey or purple, like the colour of a bad bruise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#m2)

3) (formal, old) Pale or ashen in the face, from shock or anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «livid» tells the reader a character is furious, much stronger than just «cross» or «annoyed»; it often comes before an argument or a punishment. Phrases: «absolutely livid», «livid with rage», «livid about something», «livid at someone». In science or first aid you may meet «a livid bruise», meaning dark purple. In everyday life a parent might be livid about a broken window.

### examples

- Mum was livid when she saw mud all over the new carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x1)
- The coach was absolutely livid about the late kick-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x2)
- Dad went livid when he heard someone had scratched the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x3)
- She was livid with her brother for reading her diary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x4)
- A livid bruise spread across his knee after the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x5)
- The teacher looked livid, so the whole class went silent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x6)
- I was livid at myself for forgetting my lunch again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x7)
- The old story says his face turned livid with fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x8)
- When the King, who was still at table and laughing at the good trick he had played his creditor, heard him again reclaiming his money, he became livid with rage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/#x9)

### note

An adjective, used mostly after «be», «look», «go» («she went livid»). Mostly about strong anger in modern English; the colour sense (bruise purple) is the older meaning. People sometimes think it means «lively» because of «live» – it does not. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «livid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/livid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.