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extremely angry, furious, or emotionally agitated
- She was livid when she found out someone had scratched her car in the parking lot.
- The coach was livid after the team lost the game due to careless mistakes.
- He became livid when he realized his flight had been canceled without any prior notice.
- My parents were livid when they saw the mess I had made in the living room.
- The customer was livid because the restaurant got his order wrong for the third time.
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pale in appearance, often due to intense emotion or illness
- Her face went livid when she heard the shocking news.
- He stood there, livid and speechless from the cold.
- The doctor noticed her livid complexion and immediately checked her pulse.
- The sight of the wreck left him livid and trembling.
- The child's livid face worried the teacher enough to send him to the nurse.
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emitting a cold, ghastly glow suggestive of death or lifelessness
- A livid glow seeped through the cracks in the tomb.
- The livid light of the moon cast the forest in ghostly hues.
- A livid radiance flickered across the battlefield at dawn.
- The cavern was bathed in a livid shimmer from the crystals.
- The storm clouds pulsed with livid flashes of lightning.
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marked by purplish discoloration caused by blood trapped beneath the surface
- His arm was livid after the fall.
- She showed a livid bruise on her shoulder.
- The livid mark spread across his cheek.
- The doctor examined the livid discoloration carefully.
- His shin turned livid within minutes of the impact.
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displaying a dull bluish‑gray hue of medium intensity
- The livid sky threatened rain.
- Her dress was a livid.
- The sea turned a livid hue before the storm.
- The painter mixed a livid tone for the background.
- His eyes were a livid gray, cold and distant.