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
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
This rhetoric is music to the ears of importers for some retailers and fashion brands, but clearly the American textile industry is livid.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
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
This rhetoric is music to the ears of importers for some retailers and fashion brands, but clearly the American textile industry is livid.
—Rick Helfenbein, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
Adjective
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At the same time, the new chief executive officer of the British Fashion Council, a former fashion editor who was most recently executive creative director of Selfridges, isn’t frustrated or angry about the myriad challenges London fashion is facing right now.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Conservatives are right to mourn his death and to be righteously angry.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
18 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
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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
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But reacting with indignation has not been an option for Lee.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 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
Adjective
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With pale, irregular surfaces dotted with black bits of char, the homely slabs aren’t much to look at, but the first bite packs a big smoky punch that only grows with each subsequent chew.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the 2008 financial crisis, Biglari seized on shareholder anger and economic uncertainty.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Taking on Kimmel On Wednesday afternoon, Carr tapped into preexisting MAGA media anger about a Monday night Kimmel monologue and used a right-wing podcaster’s platform to blast Kimmel and pressure ABC’s parent company Disney.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The horror of Kirk’s murder will serve the demands of the content mill, stoking more outraged engagement among his preëxisting fan base.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images But the reptile has now been banned from Walmart, a place the pair would regularly frequent, after outraged shoppers sent in photos of her at the store to WPXI last week.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The racially motivated attack, carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan, intensified national outrage and was a catalyst for major civil rights advancements.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The company also cut coverage in many vulnerable parts of the state, sparking outrage when homeowners who had just faced a nonrenewal were then hit by the January wildfires around Los Angeles County.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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