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indignant

[ in-dig-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base:

    indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.

    Synonyms: mad, resentful, angry



indignant

/ ɪnˈdɪɡnənt /

adjective

  1. feeling or showing indignation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈdignantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·dig·nant·ly adverb
  • half-in·dig·nant adjective
  • su·per·in·dig·nant adjective
  • un·in·dig·nant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indignant1

First recorded in 1580–90; from 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indignant1

C16: from Latin indignārī to be displeased with
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Example Sentences

When I did that last year, the interviewer became indignant, saying that asking why the prior employee left was inappropriate and that I was asking about a private personnel matter.

The research team’s rebuttal published in the Journal of Sex Research was indignant.

In response to this lawsuit, indignant Activision Blizzard employees staged a widespread walkout on July 28, and almost 500 workers at Ubisoft signed an open letter pushing Ubisoft management to acknowledge the company’s own issues of misconduct.

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I returned indignant and fearful, as is often the case every time I confront them.

Suchil, indignant, told them that it did not matter, that there were other places in the dorm to exercise.

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

Black thinkers do not make bone-deep, censoriously indignant statements on CNN.

He was also frequently becoming indignant, refusing to take orders from higher-ranked soldiers if they had not served in combat.

And for every excited gentrifier, there is a horrified, indignant NIMBY.

This has been the source of some indignant tweeting from Karachi.

But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

The injured and indignant animal gave vent to a succession of eldritch screams.

"Then he neglects his duties, that's all," replied the old gentleman with an indignant snort.

Marceau, indignant at being rebuked by a young staff officer, roughly asked, "And who are you?"

The social ambitions of the Tippetts were so definitely quenched that the indignant millionaire threatened to return to Chicago.

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