indignant
adjective
in·dig·nant
in-ˈdig-nənt 
: feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy : filled with or marked by indignation
became indignant at the accusation
indignantly
adverb
Synonyms
- angered
- angry
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- irate
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wrathful
- wroth
Examples of indignant in a Sentence
Melville was so struck by the drama of the Essex (deliberately battered by an indignant and maddened whale, which at last brained itself by sinking the ship) that he used it as the end of Moby-Dick.
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Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 11 June 2000
What you really need is a story that will not only excuse tardiness but encourage your boss to give you the entire day off. … Should anyone give you the third degree on your return to work, don't hesitate to become indignant and stomp out of the room.
—Jeff Foxworthy, No Shirt. No Shoes. No Problem!, 1996
When the Roman soldiers were asked to take part in the Claudian invasion of 43, they waxed indignant. This was asking them to carry on a campaign "outside the limits of the known world."
—Antonia Fraser, The Warrior Queens, 1988
She wrote an indignant letter to the editor.
He was very indignant about the changes.
an indignant tone of voice
Paul Theroux, New York Times Book Review, 11 June 2000
What you really need is a story that will not only excuse tardiness but encourage your boss to give you the entire day off. … Should anyone give you the third degree on your return to work, don't hesitate to become indignant and stomp out of the room.
—Jeff Foxworthy, No Shirt. No Shoes. No Problem!, 1996
When the Roman soldiers were asked to take part in the Claudian invasion of 43, they waxed indignant. This was asking them to carry on a campaign "outside the limits of the known world."
—Antonia Fraser, The Warrior Queens, 1988
She wrote an indignant letter to the editor.
He was very indignant about the changes.
an indignant tone of voice
Recent Examples on the Web
Hill is at times indignant and complains repeatedly about the officers' conduct.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
The man takes it, over the protests of his indignant wife.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2024
Trump’s rhetoric and the resulting indignant talk of European self-reliance did not prompt German officials to update their formal strategy.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Samuel Johnson, as instinctively humane a man as might ever be found, was indignant when, in mid-eighteenth-century London, hangings—often for crimes as petty as pickpocketing—were moved from Tyburn, today’s Marble Arch, to more discreet premises inside Newgate Prison.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Becky Sullivan, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
The man takes it, over the protests of his indignant wife.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2024
Trump’s rhetoric and the resulting indignant talk of European self-reliance did not prompt German officials to update their formal strategy.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Samuel Johnson, as instinctively humane a man as might ever be found, was indignant when, in mid-eighteenth-century London, hangings—often for crimes as petty as pickpocketing—were moved from Tyburn, today’s Marble Arch, to more discreet premises inside Newgate Prison.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Indignant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indignant. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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indignant
adjective
in·dig·nant
in-ˈdig-nənt
: filled with or expressing indignation
indignantly
adverb
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