different between vexed vs livid

English

Etymology

From Middle English vexed, vexede, vexit, vixid, equivalent to vex +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Adjective

vexed (comparative more vexed, superlative most vexed)

1. annoyed, irritated or distressed

   She became more and more vexed as she struggled to cope with the demands of the job.

   • 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, p. 72

     He would be left in no doubt that they were annoyed. He might even go so far as to deduce that they were quite vexed.

2. much debated, discussed or disputed

Derived terms

• vexedly

Translations

Verb

vexed

1. simple past tense and past participle of vex

Anagrams

• devex

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