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livid

Meaning

Characterized by intense wrath or resentment.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

When he saw his car was gone, scraped and empty, he was livid. All his hard work, all his savings, just gone. He felt a hot, angry fire build inside him.

When he saw the mangled prototype, the culmination of months of work reduced to scrap metal by a careless forklift driver, the engineer went livid. His face flushed with a deep, burning anger, his jaw tight as he stared at the wreckage.

The curator stared at the gnawed exhibit. Tiny teeth marks marred the ancient parchment, a priceless artifact now ruined. His face flushed, a deep red spreading across his cheeks. He was absolutely livid, his hands clenching into fists at the thought of the rodent infestation.

When Barry saw his prize-winning pumpkin had been painted with googly eyes and a tiny mustache, he was absolutely livid. He'd spent months nurturing that gourd, and now it looked like a clown's head! He was so mad he saw red.

Barry the badger, a creature of simple joys like mud baths and tasty grubs, found himself utterly livid. Someone had replaced his prized collection of sparkly bottle caps with equally sparkly, but decidedly less tasty, pebbles. His furry face was a storm cloud of pure, unadulterated grump.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

When he saw the empty cookie jar and the trail of crumbs leading to his little brother's room, he was absolutely livid. His face turned red, and he clenched his fists, feeling an intense wrath that simmered just below the surface, ready to erupt.

The antique clockmaker was absolutely livid when he discovered the intricate escapement mechanism he’d spent weeks perfecting had been carelessly damaged by a clumsy apprentice. He’d warned the boy multiple times about handling the delicate pieces with more care.

When the antique automaton librarian accidentally shredded the only known manuscript of the sonic etchings of the Crystal Caves, the curator turned absolutely livid. His face flushed crimson, his jaw clenched, and a low growl rumbled from his chest as he stared at the tattered remains.

When Barry discovered his prize-winning pumpkin had been replaced with a deflated beach ball, he was absolutely livid. He stomped around the garden, his face a shade of puce, muttering darkly about garden gnomes and their questionable sense of humor.

Barnaby, the prize-winning badger, was absolutely livid. His meticulously sculpted miniature dirigible, painstakingly crafted from acorns and dandelion fluff, had been pilfered by a particularly audacious squirrel. Barnaby’s whiskers twitched with such intense wrath that his entire subterranean burrow vibrated.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He was livid. After discovering his carefully crafted presentation had been deleted, his face flushed a deep red. The sheer injustice of it, the hours of work gone, left him with an intense, burning resentment.

When the meticulously crafted avian automaton sputtered its last gears, its creator was livid. After weeks of tireless dedication, the intricate clockwork bird lay silent. The sheer waste of precious components and time fueled his intense wrath.

After discovering his prize-winning artisanal pickles were sabotaged, he was livid. The carefully cultivated brine was ruined, the cucumbers bruised. His years of dedication, his singular focus on achieving the perfect dill, were utterly defiled.

Bartholomew, upon discovering his prized pet ferret had redecorated his antique mahogany desk with a particularly odorous facsimile of modern art, was absolutely livid. He felt a boiling resentment for the whiskered vandal, his face a contorted mask of intense wrath.

Barnaby, upon discovering his prize-winning petunias had been meticulously rearranged into a giant, floral portrait of his arch-nemesis, Reginald Pumble, was absolutely livid. The sheer audacity of Pumble's horticultural slander ignited a potent wrath within him, a silent fury that promised a swift and fragrant retaliation involving an entire wheelbarrow of particularly pungent manure.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After discovering the egregious theft of his life's work, the usually placid scholar became livid. His face contorted, a tempest of fury brewing as he surveyed the desolation of his once pristine laboratory.

After discovering the pilfered chronometer, a relic of profound sentimental value, his visage contorted; he became livid, his fury a palpable force against the encroaching shadows of the abandoned observatory, his resentment a simmering inferno for the transgressor.

The collector, a connoisseur of antiquated chronometers, was absolutely livid. Discovering the meticulously crafted astronomical clock, a pièce de résistance from his private vault, had been pilfered by a rival horologist sent him into a paroxysm of rage.

Upon discovering his prize-winning pumpkin had been *vitiated* by a rogue squirrel, Bartholomew became utterly livid, his visage contorted with a wrath so potent it threatened to transmute him into a gourd-shaped inferno of pure, unadulterated pique.

The esteemed mycologist, after discovering his prize-winning puffball had been pilfered, became positively livid. He thundered, "Some scurvy scoundrel has absconded with my agaric! My meticulously curated specimen, destined for gastronomic apotheosis, now graces some lout's ignominious larder!" His ire was palpable.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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