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livid

livid

20 5.5
Very angry and hard to calm
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪvɪd/
: furioso
  • Needless to say, William was livid over this latest turn of events.
  • livid with rage
  • make someone livid
  • get livid

And I just was so livid by that point.

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Examples

  • Upon reading the letter, Captain Nutt became livid, first at his daughter, then at Dukes.

    Blog text (22)
  • And when it sank in what she was telling them, they were livid with rage and fear.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And I was livid because that person was my coach as well.

  • Because I am still livid about what happened here.

  • And I was so livid that I had to wait in line.

  • I read Survive the Night and I am livid about this book.

  • I remember being livid when I read the news back in Taiwan.

    Blog text (2)
  • And he was absolutely livid about that because he said that's what I want in Washington.

  • Ty had been livid about the situation in Somalia for a long time.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • He was livid when he discovered that his coworkers had been spreading rumors about him.

Synonyms

angry
vslivid
∞ 1.0

Feeling very annoyed or upset

is more intense, indicating an extreme form of that feeling
mad
vslivid
∞ 1.0

Feeling angry or upset with someone

is a much stronger, more extreme form of anger
pissed
vslivid
  • Informal
631 8.4

Feeling very angry or annoyed

is extreme anger but typically appears in more formal contexts
pissed off
vslivid
  • Informal
235 8.6

Very angry or annoyed

is extreme anger expressed in neutral or formal terms
furious
vslivid
206 3.0

Very angry and ready to shout or complain

is the general label for that same extreme feeling
outraged
vslivid
147 4.1

Feeling very angry and shocked because something seems unfair

is extreme anger but does not always include shock
raging
vslivid
82 3.9

Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control

focuses specifically on very strong anger rather than any intensity
enraged
vslivid
46 4.1

Very angry and likely to act violently

is the same very strong anger but in general terms
riled
vslivid
  • Informal
42 7.1

Feeling annoyed or angry

is much stronger than simple irritation or mild provocation
ticked off
vslivid
  • Informal
28 7.9

Feeling angry or annoyed about something

is stronger extreme anger rather than mild annoyance
irate
vslivid
22 5.3

Very angry and showing it

is extreme anger used in more neutral everyday speech
incensed
vslivid
  • Formal
19 6.2

Very angry because of something unfair or wrong

is extreme anger without specifying an unfair cause
aggrieved
vslivid
15 7.2

Feeling upset, angry, or hurt because someone treats you unfairly

is pure extreme anger without the personal grievance element
infuriated
vslivid
11 4.5

Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly

is equally intense but described in more neutral language
maddened
vslivid
3 5.2

Very angry and acting out of control

is extreme anger but does not imply loss of control
angered
vslivid
2 2.5

Feeling very furious because someone did something unfair or rude

is the extreme endpoint of that strong angry feeling
roiled
vslivid
2 8.4

Angry and upset because something caused trouble

is more intensely furious rather than merely agitated
rageful
vslivid
1 4.8

Feeling very angry and likely to shout or lose control

is equally angry but presented as a common descriptive term
mad as a wet hen
vslivid
  • Informal
1 9.8

Very angry or upset

is extreme anger expressed without idiomatic comparison
boiling mad
vslivid
  • Informal
1 4.8

Feeling very angry

is extreme anger without the heated, visual metaphor
mad as a meat axe
vslivid
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Very angry and acting without thinking

is extreme anger without suggesting irrational actions
ireful
vslivid
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Feeling very angry and showing that anger in words or actions

is extreme anger in general use rather than formal wording
rip-snorting mad
vslivid
  • Informal
1 9.5

Being very angry and hard to calm

is extreme anger expressed in neutral, standard wording
mad as hops
vslivid
  • Archaic
9.9

Feeling very angry and showing it

is the straightforward term for extreme anger without idiom
angry as a wet hen
vslivid
  • UK
9.9

Feeling very angry and upset

is extreme anger expressed without an idiomatic simile

Antonyms

693 1.0

Feeling happy or satisfied about something

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

How Angry

enraged
46 4.1
livid
20 5.5
angry
∞ 1.0
annoyed
143 1.0
irritated
56 3.1

Surface Forms

livid positive

Etymology

A helpful way to remember livid meaning 'extremely angry' is to think of old uses that linked very strong anger with a dark or bluish face; people would say someone was livid with rage. So livid came to mean being 'very angry'.