lividity
a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, pooling of blood due to congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc.: When the dead person is lying on their back, lividity will form on the buttocks, back, or backs of the legs.
a grayish or ashen appearance of the face; pallor: The traditional ghost image usually involves a certain paleness of the face—a corpselike lividity.
furious anger: When the generator they’d ordered arrived late and then failed to work, her lividity knew no bounds.
a reddish appearance of the face, as from strong emotion or embarrassment: I was on the shore with my parents, watching the sky flush scarlet with a hue like lividity rising to an angry face.
Origin of lividity
1- Sometimes liv·id·ness [liv-id-nis] /ˈlɪv ɪd nɪs/ .
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How to use lividity in a sentence
For some days previous to his dissolution, there was increased lividity of countenance, and little or no action of heart.
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis | Archibald MakellarA hiccough commenced; coldness of the extremities and lividity of the face followed, and continued three days before death.
Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart | John Collins WarrenThe sky was leaden, and there was a peculiar and almost sinister lividity in the wan light of the afternoon.
The Socialist | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger GullThe lividity, yes; but one could think of that as simply the shadow of death.
The Trial of Callista Blake | Edgar PangbornPost-mortem discoloration, or post-mortem lividity, often appears during the first contact.
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