livid

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James Rafferty doesn’t own a Samsung smart fridge but is still livid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The state’s powerful law enforcement unions were livid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Though they later held meetings to smooth over their differences, the network is again livid following the reauthorization of German agrochemical giant Bayer's dicamba herbicide for sprayed use on genetically modified soybean and cotton.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Justice Secretary David Lammy said he was "appalled" and "livid on behalf of the public", while Sir Keir Starmer described the release as "totally unacceptable".

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

He bared his wrist, and offered it to me: the blood was forsaking his cheek and lips, they were growing livid; I was distressed on all hands.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë