LIVIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lividity mean? 

• LIVIDITY (noun)
  The noun LIVIDITY has 2 senses:

1. a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored

2. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

  Familiarity information: LIVIDITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIVIDITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("lividity" is a kind of...):

fury; madness; rage (a feeling of intense anger)

Derivation:

livid (furiously angry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

achromasia; lividity; lividness; luridness; paleness; pallidness; pallor; wanness

Hypernyms ("lividity" is a kind of...):

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Derivation:

livid (anemic looking from illness or emotion)