livid
1
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈlɪvɪd/
:
moreteado
- They were stained and disheveled, but unhurt except for a bruise that was already turning livid on the younger man's jaw.
- a livid scar
- a livid mark
- a livid wound
Examples
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There was a livid mark below her eyebrow.
Fiction book (1999) -
Zakhid's purple-red face slowly started to grow less livid.
Fiction book (1996) -
A long, livid scar marks the wound.
Fiction book (2002) -
"The teacher pointed to a livid bruise below.
Fiction book (2002) -
He had a livid scratch down his face.
Fiction book (1995) -
But Ray only pulled Phillip's shirt up to expose the livid scars on his chest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her skin is livid.
Fiction book (2002) -
In bed, Etty would ask him about the livid wound marks under his nipple.
Fiction book (1991) -
The upper part of her chest is the same livid color as her face, and darker blotches stripe the sides of her red neck.
Fiction book (2001) -
The child had a livid bruise on her leg after falling off her bike.
Synonyms
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3.2
Skin that has dark marks after a bruise
Antonyms
How Bruised
Surface Forms
Etymology
Livid comes from the Latin word lividus, which meant 'bluish' or 'black-and-blue'. So when skin is livid it shows a bluish bruise, like a 'black and blue' mark.