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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 Yesterday, Subramanian was livid and rebuked the prosecution and defense over an online article that appeared to include details from a sealed proceeding. Nbc News, NBC news, 18 June 2025 Bell is livid that Stabler’s been working the case the whole time and that her staffers have been lying to her about helping him. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 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 Cudi testified that Combs was livid that the Grammy-winning rapper had been seeing Ventura romantically, even spending the holidays with her family in Connecticut. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for livid
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Adjective
  • JPMorgan Chase, the biggest bank in America, has been angry for years about being forced to hand over customer data to fintech companies for free.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Hastings said he’s heard from people angry about State Farm’s rates.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • Rickman’s Snape was almost cartoonish with his hawk nose and long, straight black hair and pallid skin.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • The creature had pale orange stripes along its body, eyes on the side of its head and other physical characteristics of a Barbados threadsnake.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
  • Other signs include pale or yellow leaves all over, mushy stems, and visible fungus at the base of the plant.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Patches of skin that appear red, white, blue, gray, yellow, purple, brown or ashen as opposed to their normal color.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • This ends up looking like a furious around-the-horn toss, with all three outfielders sprinting in to complete the drill.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • The House abruptly began its summer recess Wednesday evening, a day earlier than scheduled, as GOP leaders balked at efforts from Republicans and Democrats to press the Justice Department to make public government documents regarding Epstein. Democrats were furious.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Marketing and advertising have undergone a similar shift from mad men to math men.
    Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • People are very, very confused, and some people are very disappointed and mad.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • These improvements will enhance communication, provide state of the art technology and provide upgrades to ballistic glass and physical security.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 10 July 2025
  • The movie has pummeling battles, giant plushy troll monsters, characters hurtling through space, and a general air of ballistic wizardry.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025

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“Livid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livid. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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