INDIGNANT Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

indignant

adjective

in-ˈdig-nənt

Definition of indignant

as in angry

feeling or showing anger the poker player became indignant at the accusation of cheating

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Recent Examples of indignant The book-club members roundly disliked it, indignant that the character was being driven mad by perimenopause, as if hormone-replacement therapy didn’t exist. — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Still with indignant nipples, though thankfully mine are hidden beneath said coat. — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Bezos snapped, sounding indignant at Sorkin’s suggestion that AI fueled cuts at Block and Meta as well. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 21 May 2026 Meanwhile the hunter acts indignant because the gobbler didn’t come screaming in. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for indignant

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Adjective

To argue that calling them immigrants is technically wrong is like getting angry at people who don’t pronounce Los Feliz the Spanish way.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Sheriff Rick Ramsay said Monday that the father later told detectives that Lopez was angry that prosecutors didn’t offer him any plea deals, so his son planned to leave the country rather than face conviction.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of angry

Adjective

After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Its students arrive morally outraged, a priori puritans, while its professors are enervated and dissatisfied.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of outraged

Adjective

And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Adjective

The bar has been sparsely attended on what would normally be busy Saturday nights as some angered customers have called for a boycott, according to The Boston Globe.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

The shooting kicked off a blockbuster federal court case that fell apart only weeks later and led to a day of chaos in Brighton Park as federal agents deployed multiple rounds of chemical munitions against furious residents.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Martinez was said to have been furious with officials responsible for executing Pike.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of furious

Adjective

When Blue Cross Blue Shield recently published research suggesting that hospitals use artificial intelligence tools to extract more money from insurers without providing additional care, people were mad.

— Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

Ukraine's air force said that Russia launched 188 drones -- 86 of which were jet-powered -- and an unspecified number of ballistic and cruise missiles into the country overnight.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Sanon and several associates flew to Haiti from South Florida on a private jet, smuggling a handful of ballistic vests supplied by a Doral-area security company, prosecutors said.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

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