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Synonyms for black and blue

  • adjective

Most common

livid

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.

    My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.

Related words

Other spellings
black-and-blue

Example sentences

  • livid The section chief was really livid. What did you do?

By length

5 letters
livid2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livid2 = 2 syllables).