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Study the word LIVID: (Source) Check out this chunk of lead: real lead, not pencil lead. It's a dark blueish gray: (Source) There's a word in English that first meant "dark blueish gray, like lead," and that's "livid." Depending on your skin tone, if your face seems to turn that color, it probably means you're extremely angry. And so, over time, the meaning of the word "livid" grew more specific. If you're livid, you're so extremely angry that it's as if your face is the deep, dark color of lead. (Source) "Livid" means the same thing as "very mad," "furious," and "outraged." But it's a more serious, more formal kind of word. So, when you need to sound pretty serious as you're talking or writing, then refer to people as livid if they're really, really mad. Here's a livid kid. Check out those livid eyes, that livid face: he's deeply upset about something. (Source) You can say that someone is livid at someone else, as in "Jo is livid at her sister for stealing the book she was writing and burning it." (Source) And, you can say that someone is livid about something, as in "He's livid about his stolen bicycle." (Source) Or, say that people are livid that something happened, as in "She's livid that he changed the rules in the middle of the game." (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture livid extremely angry   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word LIVID: Remember: if you're livid, you feel so mad that you might just explode. Idea 1: "We were livid when (someone) (did something extremely mean, hurtful, or unfair)." Idea 2: "(Someone's) face was livid as (he or she) watched (something mean, hurtful, or unfair happen)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.