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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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Recent Examples of livid His mother is absolutely livid with me for not telling her for five days. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024 The Union and the Confederacy each engaged in secretive maneuvers, and every time an incident rose to the level of media attention, readers became livid. Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024 Republicans are livid after the debate moderators fact-checked JD Vance The L.A. Times Special: VP debate: Walz whiffs on immigration, Vance dodges question and misinforms Stay Golden, Anita Chabria P.S. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024 The White House was livid and implied Netanyahu was lying. Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for livid 
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Adjective
  • Early this year, the company had a PR problem as angry customers raged online about higher menu prices.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Folks are always angry at D.C., and yet, states have to make things work every day.
    Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The company, which relies heavily on sales in mainland China where Arc’teryx and Salomon are especially popular, suffered from fears of weak consumer demand given the pallid state of the Chinese economy.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The pale lemon hue, which could pass for a neutral, has been worn by stars like Aubrey Plaza, Rihanna and Emily Ratajkowski on the red carpet.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Discover Madewell’s striped and Uniqlo’s pale blue 100% cotton options, Zara’s chocolate brown shirt with a rounded hem, and Everlane’s oversized black iteration, crafted from Tencel.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Blend it in with a finger, a brush, or a sponge, and voila: a summery, outdoorsy flush to keep ashen winter skin at bay.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The audience cheers at the right moments, and Costner has the appropriate indignant fervor.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.
    Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The pair ended up shoving each other, with Ait-Nouri clearly furious before Wolves head of goalkeeping Neil Cutler and reserve goalkeeper Dan Bentley jumped between the pair and tried to shove Ait-Nouri away.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather was out shopping in London this week when he and his entourage were seemingly targeted by an angry mob that, according to reports, were furious over his support for Israel.
    Fox News Staff, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But neither doctors nor group therapy can see beyond a confused and maybe slightly mad person.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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  • After Israel bombed an Iranian consulate building in Syria in April, Iran launched its unprecedented direct attack, firing more than 350 ballistic and cruise missiles and drones straight at its enemy.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The weapon will now undergo ballistic testing, New York Police Department Chief Joseph Kenny said on Monday.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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