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 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 Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions. New York Times, 3 May 2025 The reaction from agency and network veterans was swift and indignant. David Folkenflik, NPR, 7 May 2025 After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for indignant
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  • Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • During the weekend retreat at Camp David, in 1971, when Nixon’s team arrived at the decision to untether the dollar from gold, Treasury Secretary John Connally dismissed concerns that allies would be furious.
    Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • During the 2013 trial, prosecutors said Arias was furious after Alexander ended their relationship and began seeing someone new, rejecting her attempts to rekindle their romance.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Though it's deemed an accident in the play by Queen Gertrude, Ophelia was considered mad and the possibility of suicide was not ruled out.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, this is an ice hockey-style slide-and-bump affair; hitting an opponent from the side simply gives an annoying temporary jolt (which also disrupts their shooting motion) while hitting an opponent head-on forces a loose ball turnover and a mad scramble for the ball.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Adding in the ballistic and cruise missiles dispatched, which are far more expensive per unit, brings the total price tag of Russia’s 2025 aerial campaign to almost $13.4 billion.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Russian ballistic and cruise missiles then route around the defenses to strike their targets.
    ERIC SCHMIDT, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Indignant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indignant. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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