indignant
adjective
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.
half-indignant
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a word derived from
indignant.
Example Sentences
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Men were apt to look at him askance, half doubtful, half-indignant.
From The Trimming of Goosie by James Hopper
Not an easy task for Mr. Fordyce, with these large, sorrowful, half-indignant eyes fixed so questioningly on his face.
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Annie S. (Annie Shepherd) Swan
And at a certain trial which took place in Cork, the judge put by some absurd statement by saying, half-indignant, half amused: "Do you take me for an English tourist?"
From About Ireland by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
The half-indignant tone of the man made his guest feel as if she had insulted him; and she obeyed with a docility which appeased his anger at once.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
Anna was not a little thing at all, and she would have been half-amused and half-indignant if she had known that that was the impression she had made on him.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
