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 YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025 In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced. Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025 Facing this deluge of information and personalities, Kelley’s Fact Checker is less indignant and sure-footed than Fingal, and in this uncertainty takes an important next step. Isabel Clara Ruehl june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for indignant
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Adjective
  • Nick went to his grave angry The Citadel had let Marc play that day.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Good intentions, sure, but when is angry bipartisanship not going to be a part of the American culture?
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Parents would likely be outraged to learn the department isn’t more consistently tracking this information, said Charles Hobson, a professor at Indiana University Northwest and a board member of the advocacy group Stop Educator Sexual Abuse Misconduct & Exploitation.
    Danielle DuClos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • A number of festival viewers were outraged.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s how Gibson and Smith both ended up in prison, each furious under the impression that the other had put them there.
    Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Roschman and Billitier immediately called Ozer, furious.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Fox News mad that there are so many old white people in America.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The woman was going to drive him mad.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And a ballistic Sean Payton dash onto the field to protest the call that led to another flag and the distance to the end zone cut to a yard.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • At trial, his attorney told jurors that there was no witness to the crime, no DNA, no confession, and no ballistic or physical evidence connecting Shockley to Graham's murder.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Indignant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignant. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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