indignant

[ in-dig-nuhnt ]

/ ɪnˈdɪg nənt /

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adjective

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

Origin of indignant

1580–90; < Latin indignant- (stem of indignāns, present participle of indignārī to deem unworthy, take offense), equivalent to in- in-³ + dign-, stem of dignus worthy + -ant- -ant

SYNONYMS FOR indignant

angry, resentful, infuriated, mad.

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OTHER WORDS FROM indignant

in·dig·nant·ly, adverb half-in·dig·nant, adjective half-in·dig·nant·ly, adverb su·per·in·dig·nant, adjective

su·per·in·dig·nant·ly, adverb un·in·dig·nant, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH indignant

indigent indignant

Words nearby indignant

indigested, indigestible, indigestion, indigestive, indign, indignant, indignation, indignity, indigo, indigo blue, indigo bunting

Example sentences from the Web for indignant

And what about those liberal activists who made the young Scalia and Thomas so indignant?

A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes |Jedediah Purdy |November 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And for every excited gentrifier, there is a horrified, indignant NIMBY.

Best Business Longreads |William O’Connor |November 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This has been the source of some indignant tweeting from Karachi.

What Bret Stephens Said At Yeshiva University |Bret Stephens |October 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There would be indignant House Judiciary Committee hearings and angry talk of impeachment among some Republicans.

This Loophole Can End the Government Shutdown |Ben Jacobs |October 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In 2012, she wrote letters to each member of Congress because she was “indignant.”

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He was most indignant that we had been allowed to come this far and reluctantly admitted that our pass was good.

A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium |Hugh Gibson
We should be indignant: we should say, confound their impudence: we should turn them out of doors if they did.

The Virginians |William Makepeace Thackeray
Comrade Gerrity led off with an indignant refusal to pay the fine; the rest of them followed suit—even Comrade Mabel!

Jimmie Higgins |Upton Sinclair
As the indignant Master of the Brake Hounds said this the very fire flashed from his eyes.

The Duke's Children |Anthony Trollope
He also defended Vatinius—that Vatinius with whose iniquities he had been so indignant at the trial of Sextius.

The Life of Cicero |Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for indignant

indignant

/ (ɪnˈdɪɡnənt) /

adjective

feeling or showing indignation

Derived forms of indignant

indignantly, adverb

Word Origin for indignant

C16: from Latin indignārī to be displeased with

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