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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as in indignation
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
the level of the boss's lividity was something I'd never seen outside of cartoons—I almost expected steam to rise out of his head
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Recent Examples of livid
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of a sullen hollow in a livid hillside her mind could make an Eden.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Louisa is livid at losing both her father and the healthy version of her mother.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
For example, O’Brien sounded livid with City Hall for quietly agreeing to remove popular beachside basketball courts to make room for a real estate developer’s preference for pickleball.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
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Adjective
Bell is livid that Stabler’s been working the case the whole time and that her staffers have been lying to her about helping him.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of a sullen hollow in a livid hillside her mind could make an Eden.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Louisa is livid at losing both her father and the healthy version of her mother.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
For example, O’Brien sounded livid with City Hall for quietly agreeing to remove popular beachside basketball courts to make room for a real estate developer’s preference for pickleball.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
Adjective
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Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to police, Cooksey opened the door with blood on his hands and became angry and demanding.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Noun
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Passions run as high as style, and candor and fervor blend with humor, to endow anecdotes and reflections with pride and purpose along with mourning and indignation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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And rather than indignation or rage or fury, what comes through in the letters is his sheer amazement at being in this predicament.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Here, hollowed eyes, pale complexions, bleached or barely there brows and bold lips were encouraged.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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This week, a gentle, pale boy is presenting on Martin Lindauer, who made foundational observations about scout bees—the bees who search out sites to build new hives.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yet Lupino brings such intensity and anger to her performance that the film’s register shifts into something far darker — so dark, in fact, that a prologue and epilogue Jack Warner insisted be added to make the movie more glamorous focus on a suicide attempt!—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the affidavit, a detective noted that Decker — who was divorced from his daughters’ mother — refused to sign a parenting plan that required him to seek mental health treatment and domestic violence anger management.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In India, social media erupted with responses that ran the gamut from outraged to panicked and accusatory.—
Sankalp Phartiyal,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The one benefit to how transparent this all is is that everyone is rightfully outraged — not just the people who love Kimmel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Doing it all at once would trigger public outrage.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The remark made waves on social media, sparking outrage and disappointment across the HBCU community.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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