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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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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
R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
People in the palace were livid.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Which brings us to 10:40 p.m., when the woman in the seat behind me was getting livid, and then to 10:50 p.m., when fans broke into a loud chorus of boos, and then to 10:55 p.m., when there was yet another round of boos and groans.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Some American travelers are hiding behind the maple leaf, and Canadians are livid.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Now my wife is livid at my older daughter.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
People in the palace were livid.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Which brings us to 10:40 p.m., when the woman in the seat behind me was getting livid, and then to 10:50 p.m., when fans broke into a loud chorus of boos, and then to 10:55 p.m., when there was yet another round of boos and groans.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Some American travelers are hiding behind the maple leaf, and Canadians are livid.
—Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
Adjective
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Robby is angry at himself for not seeing it.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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None of the referees appeared to be struck by the objects being thrown on the court, despite video showing a windfall of debris raining down from the angry crowd.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In other words, our complexion is looking pallid, our skin is dry, and our overall appearance is just a little blah at the moment.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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And try to summon, from our pallid, hazy situation, vistas of the sort that draw so sweet and pure a gaze.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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History offers little support for their selective indignation.—
Timothy M. Herbst,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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Both juries absorbed the totality of the circumstances and reached for a lever of indignation rather than the strict logic of the law.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Things eventually come to a head back in Cairo, where local police arrest Roper and his team, only for the enraged buyers, who were defrauded due to Pine's intervention, to seize the convoy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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If not for the deeply funny asides and anecdotes from the book’s fictional characters, the reader would be left enraged and shaking.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Egg yolks can range in color from pale yellow to deep orange.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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Think pale hues with a sober gray tint or tranquil neutrals.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Did the man go too far, or was his anger justified?—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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As Blacc hinted at, there is more than a little anger to go around about what happened before, during and since the fires, along with the sorrow and thousand other emotions.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If people are outraged that Trump seeks regime change in Venezuela to control the country's oil, that's news.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Families physically pulled apart by uncaring hands over the outraged screams of the bereft?—
Leonard Pitts Jr,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
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Since this alliance took shape, dysfunction has grown, trust has eroded, and outrage has spread.—
Wanda James,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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When reactionary outrage media pounced on her comments, Kilmartin didn’t apologize.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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