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livid

/ˈlɪvɪd/ adjective C1
  1. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  2. Pale, pallid.
  3. So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish. (informal)

Comparative livider · Superlative lividest

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He sprang to his feet, his face turned livid with fear, and he thrust into his breast the chart-like paper which he had been originally studying.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 9 · B2
It was furred outside by a thick layer of dust, and damp and worms had eaten through the wood, so that a crop of livid fungi was growing on the inside of it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2
Her features turned perfectly livid.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 60 · B2
Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 48 · B2

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