different between indignant vs livid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indignans, present participle of indignari (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignari (“to consider as worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??.n?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?dig?nant

Adjective

indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)

1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

Synonyms

• angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

Related terms

• indign
• indignation
• indignity

Translations

Further reading

• indignant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indignant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• indignant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

indignant

1. present participle of indignar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.???/

Verb

indignant

1. present participle of indigner

English

Etymology

From Middle English livid, livide, from Old French livide, from Latin l?vidus (“bluish, livid; envious”), from l?ve? (“be of a bluish color or livid; envy”), from Proto-Italic *sliw??, from Proto-Indo-European *sliwo-, suffixed form of *(s)leh?y- (“bluish”). See also Old English sl? (“sloe”), Welsh lliw (“splendor, color”), Old Irish li, Lithuanian slyvas (“plum”), and Russian and Old Church Slavonic ????? (sliva, “plum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?v?d/
• Hyphenation: li?vid

Adjective

livid (comparative livider or more livid, superlative lividest or most livid)

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

Synonyms

• (dark, bluish appearance): See also Thesaurus:bluish and Thesaurus:purplish
• (pallid): See also Thesaurus:pallid
• (very angry): See also Thesaurus:angry

Derived terms

• lividity
• lividly
• lividness

Translations

See also

• scorch

Middle English

Alternative forms

• livide

Etymology

Middle French livide, from Latin l?vidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?vid(?)/, /?livid(?)/

Adjective

livid

1. livid, blue (color)

Descendants

• English: livid

References

• “l??vid(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Noun

livid (uncountable)

1. livid, blue (color)

Descendants

• English: livid

References

• “l??vid(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

From French livide, from Latin lividus.

Adjective

livid m or n (feminine singular livid?, masculine plural livizi, feminine and neuter plural livide)

1. livid

Declension