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A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored
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lividity
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness , luridness , paleness , pallidness , pallor , wanness , achromasia ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lividity \Li*vid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. lividit['e].] The state or quality of being livid.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en uncountable) The state or quality of being livid. 2 (label en countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers. 3 (label en uncountable) livor mortis; suggillation.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lividity is the third full-length studio album by American metalcore band It Dies Today . Originally scheduled for release in 2008, the album's release date was repeatedly pushed back by Trustkill Records . It was finally released on September 15, 2009. ...
Usage examples of lividity.
There was some livor mortis, or lividity, that had settled into her thighs and buttocks, and the lividity was a deep purple color, which would be consistent with asphyxia, which in turn was consistent with the rope around her neck.
The signs of hypostatic lividity, the pooling of blood due to gravity after death, was fixed in the face and neck and abdomen.
That's how the blood drained from them from the amputations, without leaving any trace of lividity.
Her lividity was cherry pink, which pointed to death from either cyanide or carbon monoxide poisoning or hypothermia.
Despite the draining there still would have been some lividity of settled blood around the head, but that could have been confused with freezer burn.
His color, generally a dark creamed-coffee, was not tinged with any lividity.