Indignant
[ɪn'dɪgnənt] or [ɪn'dɪɡnənt]
Definition
(adj.) angered at something unjust or wrong; 'an indignant denial'; 'incensed at the judges' unfairness'; 'a look of outraged disbelief'; 'umbrageous at the loss of their territory' .
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Definition
(a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Angry, incensed, provoked, irate, exasperated, wrathful, wroth, ireful.
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Definition
adj. affected with anger and disdain.—n. Indig′nance (Spens.).—adv. Indig′nantly.—n. Indignā′tion the feeling caused by what is unworthy or base: anger mixed with contempt: effect of indignant feeling.—v.t. Indig′nify (Spens.) to treat indignantly or disdainfully.—n. Indig′nity unmerited contemptuous treatment: incivility with contempt or insult: (Spens.) unworthiness base conduct.
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Examples
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was most sorrowfully indignant; ashamed of every sensation but the one revealed to herher affection for Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The truth is, he was attached to the lady's maid in question, and indignant that she should have been robbed of her perquisites. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thereupon the ladies cast indignant glances at Mr. Raddle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But Dorothea was strangely quiet--not immediately indignant, as she had been on a like occasion in Rome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- From every narrow lane opening out on Marlborough Street came up a low distant roar, as of myriads of fierce indignant voices. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You are stopping in this house, Sir,' said the indignant little man; 'you are intoxicated now, Sir; you shall hear from me in the morning, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This part of her eventful history Becky gave with the utmost feminine delicacy and the most indignant virtue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Somewhat of an indignant feeling began to take the place of affection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Dorothea was indignant in her turn. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Again and again I had the same indignant reply. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any FAT in Christendom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Miss Ophelia was so indignant at the barefaced lie, that she caught the child and shook her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then she would make every effort to appear quite gay, and she seemed indignant at herself that she could not perfectly succeed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Again I interrupted, and this time not without an accent at once indignant and horror-struck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You get strong testimony, sometimes indignant testimony, that the Athenians were too soft altogether in their treatment of slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And breaking from the shrieking landlady, and from Mr. Pickwick, the indignant husband seized a small supper-knife, and tore into the street. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I feel indignant, and that is the long and short of the matter, responded Miss Keeldar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am indignant; and so would any woman be. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He felt, at that moment, as if he could have rent the heavens with his heart's indignant cry for justice; but in vain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Repressing an indignant look, indicative of anything but a disposition to excuse him, Silas pursues his point. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her eyes darkened, and he expected an indignant rejoinder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The offender had barely time to take Mrs. Leo Hunter's proffered hand, when his eyes encountered the indignant orbs of Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I spoke severely, being naturally indignant (at my time of life) to hear a young woman of five-and-twenty talking about her latter end! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- So saying, he smiled, approvingly: to calm the rising wrath of the indignant parish officer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His impudence was so sublime that I was rather amused than indignant. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were consequently surprised and indignant at the poor Irish, who had allowed themselves to be imported and brought over to take their places. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The owner was exceedingly indignant. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Several indignant glances directed at me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'll let you know I am, before I've done with you,' replied the indignant officer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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