1
as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed
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2
as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
her face was livid with fear
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Recent Examples of livid
Some American travelers are hiding behind the maple leaf, and Canadians are livid.
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Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
One of Trumpism’s worst characteristics—on livid display in the sad radicalizing of Robinson, and in its senseless expression in the murder of Kirk—is its open warfare on the malleable psyches of young men.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
As a result, the entire room, including a livid MacKinney, drops and pledges their loyalty.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was livid and told Walker to run a lap.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
One of Trumpism’s worst characteristics—on livid display in the sad radicalizing of Robinson, and in its senseless expression in the murder of Kirk—is its open warfare on the malleable psyches of young men.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
As a result, the entire room, including a livid MacKinney, drops and pledges their loyalty.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was livid and told Walker to run a lap.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
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Davis remains angry that none of the church’s former leaders were held accountable.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the end, of course, an angry mob does chase the monsters around the castle, only to be chased by them in return (the monsters having rediscovered their reason for being), which results in some serviceable monster slapstick.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The heiress and entrepreneur has a princess moment in a romantic pale pink gown with floral appliqués and a matching cape.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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These figures, while shocking, unfortunately pale in comparison to those from the recent war, now widely recognized as a genocide.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Health experts and Black leaders were outraged at his statement.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Parents would likely be outraged to learn the department isn’t more consistently tracking this information, said Charles Hobson, a professor at Indiana University Northwest and a board member of the advocacy group Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct & Exploitation.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Its skin looked yellow, and sometimes ashen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Given shorter travel times, a greater number of people would be able to experience its otherworldly ashen plains.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone has an opinion about the correct address for ladies, and everyone is indignant when others’ choices are different.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Still, Waits' daughter was indignant.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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