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indignation
[ in-dig-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
Synonyms: choler, ire, wrath, exasperation, resentment
Antonyms: calm
indignation
/ ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən /
noun
- anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong
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- self-indig·nation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indignation1
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Example Sentences
From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014—and how outrage has taken over our lives.
And if something happens and the base rises up in indignation, who knows?
These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.
How Bill Simmons and company have turned NFL indignation into a cozy little cottage industry.
Where Simmons is jocular in a kind of clever fratboy way, Lund is more refined in his language and more robust in his indignation.
But for the delinquency of his son, she had ocular demonstration; and her indignation was hardly to be repressed.
It was generally lauded by Spaniards, whilst it filled all classes of natives with indignation.
Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.
Any exaggeration into which a feeling of indignation happens to betray the accuser is instantly pounced upon.
England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.
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