1
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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Recent Examples of livid
Leila, on the other hand, was still as livid at the family’s decision as if it had been made mere moments ago in an adjacent room.
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Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Many in the Penguins organization were still livid about that call following the game.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Bengals fans were livid, saying the Chiefs were afraid to face Cincinnati in the playoffs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday to block President Biden’s nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Many in the Penguins organization were still livid about that call following the game.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Bengals fans were livid, saying the Chiefs were afraid to face Cincinnati in the playoffs.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday to block President Biden’s nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for livid
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Consumers are angry about high prices, but few realize just how little profit many of the small and medium-sized food industry producers and independent restaurants who make and sell them their meals actually make.—
Rovshan Rasulov,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob to change the course of history.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.—
Karen Dobos,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Appearing on my phone screen as a hooded figure against a pale blue sky, Kosinski takes my call from nearby his parents’ house in the foothills near Sacramento, pacing back and forth across a field.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
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At the top of the stairs stood a pale, dark-eyed girl about my age, presumably my noisy next-door neighbour.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
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As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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His skin, particularly his face, had an ashen appearance.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Jan. 2025
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Tendrils of hypocrisy appear in 2025 over baseball’s continuing ban of Rose as sports leagues including MLB climb into bed with betting sportsbooks and reap millions from them, while simultaneously acting all aghast and indignant that a player of theirs might dip a toe in gambling.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Despite a furious rally in the last 17 minutes of the second half, the Terps (25-8) were left out of the Big Ten Tournament final for the third time, joining close calls in 2015 and 2016 when those squads were both bounced by Michigan State — 62-58 in 2015 and 64-61 in 2016.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Tigers finally got some momentum and cut the lead to two with a furious rally and had a chance to take the lead after Louisville was called for a shot clock violation.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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In one particularly horrifying incident, one family of herders lost over 40 of their stock, a fact that would contribute to the death of one child, which then caused the father to go mad and be sent to prison.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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Staff Pick: The mad scramble for backyard eggs Naeema Fineley's backyard chicken coop in Georgia.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This one, made from ballistic nylon, has a zippered entry to a padded laptop compartment, a padded mesh back panel, a key leash, plus pen holders and tons of other organizational features.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Russia has been launching waves of ballistic and cruise missiles towards Ukraine on regular basis, and been striking cities, energy infrastructure and civilian targets weekly.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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