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indignation
[ in-dig-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
Synonyms: choler, ire, wrath, exasperation, resentment
Antonyms: calm
indignation
/ ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən /
noun
- anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong
Other Words From
- self-indig·nation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of indignation1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It depends on its propagators having the space to twist truths, to omit pertinent information, to revel in faux indignation, and to get away with it.
It’s perfect for anyone who takes comfort in righteous indignation.
The walk to the Senate chambers didn’t resonate with rage or righteous indignation.
Like Strickland and Egger, she is motivated by indignation at the lack of options for new parents.
For years, the president recast CNN as the centerpiece in his aggressive “fake news” campaign, and CNN relished the attention while feigning indignation.
From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014—and how outrage has taken over our lives.
And if something happens and the base rises up in indignation, who knows?
These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.
How Bill Simmons and company have turned NFL indignation into a cozy little cottage industry.
Where Simmons is jocular in a kind of clever fratboy way, Lund is more refined in his language and more robust in his indignation.
But for the delinquency of his son, she had ocular demonstration; and her indignation was hardly to be repressed.
It was generally lauded by Spaniards, whilst it filled all classes of natives with indignation.
Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.
Any exaggeration into which a feeling of indignation happens to betray the accuser is instantly pounced upon.
England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.
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