indignant

Related to indignant: indignantly

indignant

filled with anger at a person who is regarded as unjust, mean, or unworthy: She was indignant about her coworker’s accusations.

Not to be confused with:

indigenous – innate; inherent; natural; aboriginal: Remarkable agility is indigenous to the tribe.

indigent – poor; impoverished; distressed: The indigent street people are often ignored.

in·dig·nant

(ĭn-dĭg′nənt)

adj.

Characterized by or filled with indignation. See Synonyms at angry.

[Latin indignāns, indignant-, present participle of indignārī, to be indignant, from indignus, unworthy; see indign.]

in·dig′nant·ly adv.

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indignant

(ɪnˈdɪɡnənt)

adj

feeling or showing indignation

[C16: from Latin indignārī to be displeased with]

inˈdignantly adv

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in•dig•nant

(ɪnˈdɪg nənt)

adj.

feeling, characterized by, or expressing indignation.

[1580–90; < Latin indignārī to take offense at, be indignant, v. derivative of indignus; see indign]

in•dig′nant•ly, adv.

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Adj.

indignant - 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"

incensed, outraged, umbrageous

angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

indignant

adjective resentful, angry, mad (informal), heated, provoked, furious, annoyed, hacked (off) (U.S. slang), sore (informal), fuming (informal), choked, incensed, disgruntled, exasperated, pissed off (taboo slang), irate, livid (informal), seeing red (informal), miffed (informal), riled, up in arms (informal), peeved (informal), in a huff, hot under the collar (informal), huffy (informal), wrathful, narked (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), in high dudgeon He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents.

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indignant

adjective

Feeling or showing anger:

angry, choleric, mad.

Informal: sore.

Idiom: hot under the collar.

Translations

ساخِط، ناقِم

rozhořčený

forargetindigneret

entrüstet indigniert

αγανακτισμένος

indigné indigner

felháborodott

sárreiîur, hneykslaîur

indignato indignazione

pasipiktinęspasipiktinimassu pasipiktinimu

sašutis

verontwaardigd

arg harm indignert

rozhorčený

ogorčen

öfkeli

愤慨的

indignant

[ɪnˈdɪgnənt] ADJ [person, mood, tone] → indignado
she wrote an indignant letter to the local newspaper → escribió una carta en tono indignado al periódico local, escribió una carta al periódico local expresando su indignación
to be indignant at/about sth → estar indignado ante/por algo
he is indignant at the suggestion that → está indignado ante la sugerencia de que ...
to become or get or grow indignant → indignarse
why is he looking so indignant? → ¿por qué tiene esa cara de indignación?

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

indignant

[ɪnˈdɪgnənt] adj [look, response] → indigné(e)
to be indignant at sth → s'indigner de qch
to be indignant that ... → s'indigner du fait que ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

indignant

adj → entrüstet, empört (→ at, about, with über +acc), → unwillig (at, about wegen); to be indignant with somebody → über jdn empört sein; to become indignant → ungehalten werden, sich aufregen; to make somebody indignant → jds Unwillen or Entrüstung erregen; it’s no good getting indignant → es hat keinen Zweck, sich zu entrüsten or sich aufzuregen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

indignant

[ɪnˈdɪgnənt] adj → indignato/a
to be indignant at or about sth/with sb → essere indignato/a per qc/contro qn
to make sb indignant → far indignare qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

indignant

(inˈdignənt) adjective

angry, usually because of some wrong that has been done to oneself or others. I feel most indignant at the rude way I've been treated; The indignant customer complained to the manager.

inˈdignantly adverb

`Take your foot off my toe!' she said indignantly.

ˌindigˈnation noun

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Verily, he is not indignant at their modes of consolation and ingratitude.

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Jupiter, indignant at such inveterate faultfinding, drove him from his office of judge, and expelled him from the mansions of Olympus.

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A CHIEF of Police who had seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so any more on pain of dismissal.

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"To friends above, from fiends below, the indignant ghost is riven - "From Hell unto a high estate far up within the Heaven - "From grief and groan, to a golden throne, beside the King of Heaven."

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I was furious with Strickland, and was indignant with myself, because Dirk Stroeve cut such an absurd figure that I felt inclined to laugh.

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Neville Landless is already enough impressed by Little Rosebud, to feel indignant that Edwin Drood (far below her) should hold his prize so lightly.

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Earnshaw blushed crimson when his cousin made this revelation of his private literary accumulations, and stammered an indignant denial of her accusations.

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Crooks suddenly broke up his feigned trading establishment, embarked his men and effects, and, after giving the astonished rear-guard of savages a galling and indignant message to take to their countrymen, pushed down the river with all speed, sparing neither oar nor paddle, day nor night, until fairly beyond the swoop of these river hawks.

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Pott; and the waiter remarked, in dumb astonishment at the singular coincidence, that he had no sooner lighted the candles than the gentleman, diving into his hat, drew forth a newspaper, and began to read it with the very same expression of indignant scorn, which, upon the majestic features of Pott, had paralysed his energies an hour before.

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I was very indignant about this at the time; though now I can understand it.

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Many contending passions were raised in our heroe's mind by this letter; but the tender prevailed at last over the indignant and irascible, and a flood of tears came seasonably to his assistance, and possibly prevented his misfortunes from either turning his head, or bursting his heart.

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"The day he behaved very foolishly," said Christie, with reproachful calmness, that did not, however, prevent a suspicion of indignant moisture in her eyes--"when you explained"--