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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
Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Eikenberg was livid that Van Lent published the article without his approval.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
So to pay for a hotel badge — and not get it — left scores of people livid.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Islanders coach Patrick Roy was livid after the boarding by Rantanen, yelling at the officials and at the Stars bench.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The state’s powerful law enforcement unions were livid.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Eikenberg was livid that Van Lent published the article without his approval.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
So to pay for a hotel badge — and not get it — left scores of people livid.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Islanders coach Patrick Roy was livid after the boarding by Rantanen, yelling at the officials and at the Stars bench.
—CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
Adjective
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Relatives of a family of four killed in a car crash in San Francisco are angry and disappointed by the sentence handed down to the driver on Friday afternoon.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Leaders in the United Arab Emirates, which has been bearing the brunt of Iranian attacks, are angry at how things have unfolded.—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Out of the bloodstains shone a pair of bright blue eyes, and a heart was beating under the pallid skin that looked several sizes too big.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Three weeks after that hit that sent a crowd of 75,261 at Empower Field into a pallid silence, Bryant is ever the same.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Those calls have been met with eye-rolling and righteous indignation.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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But this indignation ignores what Chalamet was actually saying.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Shortly after administering the technical to an enraged Self, referee Doug Sirmons hit KU’s coach with another tech, ostensibly for remaining on the court instead of returning to the coach’s box.—
Gary Bedore
March 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Latinx people of conscience recognize our own tios, tias, primos, primas, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers in the brown faces being livestreamed with blood and agony pouring into enraged mouths asking for help.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Flowers are not spectacular but attractive enough with pale mauve and tan petals.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2026
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Videos shared on social media show growing anger among residents, as conditions continue to deteriorate.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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As Hüller approaches her father at the keyboard, her anger manifests as a kind of bored nonchalance.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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After the court's ruling, outraged parents placed pink signs throughout the community.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Trump, Republicans and right-wing media were outraged and blamed Biden for their deaths.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the mind of the plagiarized, as often as not, what has been perpetrated is nothing less than an outrage.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The dark patterns that motivate social posting, commenting, and engagement reward outrage, offense, and dehumanization.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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