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indignant
CIDE DICTIONARY
indignant, a. [L. indignans, -antis, p. pr. of indignari to be indignant, disdain. See Indign.].
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. [1913 Webster]
"He strides indignant, and with haughty cries
To single fight the fairy prince defies." [1913 Webster]
To single fight the fairy prince defies." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
indignant, adj. feeling or showing scornful anger or a sense of injured innocence.
Derivative
indignantly adv.
Etymology
L indignari indignant- regard as unworthy (as IN-(1), dignus worthy)
THESAURUS
indignant
acrimonious, against, angered, angry, annoyed, browned-off, con, cross, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied, dissenting, enraged, exasperated, furious, heated, huffy, in a huff, in a pet, in a rage, in a temper, incensed, irate, ireful, irked, irritated, livid, low, mad, miffed, opposed, opposing, peeved, piqued, pissed, pissed off, pissed-off, poor, provoked, riled, riled up, sore, ticked off, turned-off, unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unhappy, vexed, worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought-upROGET THESAURUS
indignant
Resentment
N resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation, pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall, heart-burning, heart-swelling, rankling, ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper, irascibility, ill blood, revenge, excitement, irritation, warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition, towering passion, acharnement, angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums, burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation, violence, fire and fury, vials of wrath, gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words, scowl, sulks, affront, provocation, offense, indignity, grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli, ill turn, outrage, Furies, Eumenides, buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles, angry, wrath, irate, ireful, wrathful, cross, Achillean, sulky, bitter, virulent, acrimonious &c (discourteous), violent, warm, burning, boiling, boiling over, fuming, raging, foaming, foaming at the mouth, convulsed with rage, offended, waxy, acharne, wrought, worked up, indignant, hurt, sore, set against, fierce, wild, rageful, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage, relentless, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way, on one's high ropes, up in arms, in high dudgeon, angrily, in the height of passion, in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment, Int, tantaene animis coelestibus irae!, marry come up!, zounds!, 'sdeath!, one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up, fervens difficili bile jecur, the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire, the blood rising, the blood boiling, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, beware the fury of a patient man, furor arma ministrat, ira furor brevis est, quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius, What, drunk with choler?.For further exploring for "indignant" in Webster Dictionary Online