1. (

• ashen ,
• blanched ,
• bloodless ,
• livid ,
• white

) anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" ;

2. (

• livid

) (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; "livid lightning streaked the sky"; "a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day"- E.A.Poe ;

3. (

• livid

) furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid" ;

4. (

• black-and-blue ,
• livid

) discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin; "beaten black and blue"; "livid bruises" ;