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
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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The 72-year-old coach walked toward Staley in the final seconds of the game before the two had an angry exchange, with assistants having to get in between them.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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When you're stressed or angry, your cortisol levels rise, which can have adverse effects on your heart, metabolism, and immune system.—
Sharon Basaraba,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His practical advice fares better than both his theories and his pallid attempts at profundity.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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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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Surely there was something more beneath all this mild pleasantness, some edge of resentment, a few shards of indignation on the brink of cutting through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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To his astonishment — and culinary indignation — the screen returned an absolute void.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
23 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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Hours and hours of rolling green hills and rice paddies passed by the windows, the pale pools amid the shoots flashing bits of sky.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Many of the biblical references, including the rider of the pale horse, come from the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament, which is ostensibly about the second coming of Christ and judgment day.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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That a website better known for racing to announce celebrity deaths and releasing videos of misbehaving reality stars has turned its eye on DC says something about the anger roiling the nation.—
Elex Michaelson,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their last few encounters have left Dana on the brink of tears or screaming in anger at herself in the bathroom.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The policy Uthmeier is outraged about, known as the Rooney Rule, was first introduced in 2002.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern subsequently resigned, unable to justify their decisions either to Congress or to their own outraged board members and donors.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The outrage was loud enough that, the following day, the Wizards released an apology.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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In Carlsbad, an 11-year-old Black girl was physically assaulted in an incident that sparked community outrage.—
Fabienne Perlov,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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