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as in angry
feeling or showing anger the boss was livid when yet another deadline was missed

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Recent Examples of livid Plenty of them were livid with Zelensky. Simon Shuster/kyiv, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025 His mother was livid because her son could not rent another apartment in Tempe. Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2025 Many in the Penguins organization were still livid about that call following the game. Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 Bengals fans were livid, saying the Chiefs were afraid to face Cincinnati in the playoffs. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for livid
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Adjective
  • An angry man, the same one from earlier, bellows at Jackson as he is muscled off the ball, and there are more expletives as Chelsea pass it backwards after getting close to Everton’s penalty area.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In 2010, under pressure over the healthcare overhaul that became known as Obamacare, a number of House Democrats skipped public events after facing angry town halls the previous summer.
    Steve Peoples and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • All four universal shades—Life of the Party, a pale peach; Class Act, a warm berry; Fashionably Late, a rosy taupe; and Chief of Everything, a poppy red—have a gentle white tea scent.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • For her ceremony in N.Y.C., the actress opted for pale green in the form of a flowing Carolina Herrera gown (which coordinated with wife Christine Marinoni's tie) and got her fix of bridal white with a bouquet of peonies.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Before the arrest, some indignant residents took to social media to speculate about a possible motive — alleging without proof that unscrupulous developers or even the city itself may have orchestrated the acts.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • And the prime minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, said in an indignant statement that there would be no meetings between U.S. officials and Greenland’s government.
    Tim Balk, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At that point, a furious Boone earned himself an ejection from home plate ump Adam Beck, whose zone the manager already had complaints about.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Davis had 23 points at Viejas Arena in a game the Spartans led by 21 before a furious Aztecs rally produced for an improbable 71-68 victory.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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  • Gotta start earlier, and maybe involve OG mad Bridges more.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Told the victim was mad because the suspect stepped on his shoes, Torre said the right thing to do would have been to wipe his shoes clean and walk away.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sierra Space’s experiment involved two phases to determine the best ballistic fabric options.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The agreement includes rent, setup costs, and the cost of installing ballistic glass, which will be shared by the city and property owner.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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