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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Noun
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Vance’s speech spurred the Europeans to unite in their indignation.—
Simon Shuster/Berlin,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025 -
If Jude’s previous two fiction films were Molotov cocktails of indignation, his latest secretes a kind of scentless poison that gets at the banality with which social injustices are processed and rationalized.—
Beatrice Loayza,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ellen’s decision to end her husband’s life was not an act of anger or violence.—
Tony Ray,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other footage showed similar instances of anger, such as when Ruby Franke expressed frustration at her husband for not being interactive enough on camera.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The software glitch sparked outrage online, leading to more than 18,500 comments on the viral TikTok video already.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Liberal politicians and commentators feigned outrage when President Trump’s DOGE team began to audit the trillions of dollars in payments that the U.S. Treasury Department sends out annually.—
James Carter,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
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There has been growing concern within several news outlets about drawing the wrath of the Trump administration.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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Almost all of those companies have kept silent publicly, for fear of drawing the wrath of the Trump administration or endangering any court challenges.—
Ellen Knickmeyer and Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Then, in September, 1885, in Rock Springs, the fury spilled over.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The firings sparked an increase in posts to a Reddit channel for federal government workers, which urged those who were frustrated and recently laid off to refocus their fury and consider running for public office instead.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Melanie does that beautifully, unraveling through rage.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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His parents fought repeatedly, and his father often used his fists on him to take out his rage, according to The Associated Press.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The film’s effect on the perception of Brazil’s powerful military has been something of a virtuous circle: the political mood powers the popularity of the movie, and the movie in turn powers the political mood.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Sophisticated yet sculptural silhouettes, whimsy adornment, and vivid hues at Erdem, S.S. Daley, Roksanda, Emilia Wickstead and Burberry captured the mood best.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Its redness-minimizing powers come from Centella asiatica extract (also known as cica), which is also helpful for mitigating irritation.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
9 Mar. 2025
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Respiratory problems: Regurgitated stomach acids that reach the back of your throat can be inhaled and cause irritation in your lungs and airways.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Lividity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lividity. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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