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indignant

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DEFINITION

angered at something unjust or wrong

WEBSTER'S 1913

Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'indignare' - to regard with indignation or resent

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

A pretty little housemaid replied, with an indignant flush, that she was the person.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

The Youth International Party (YIP) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) emerged in Li'l Abner as "Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything!" (SWINE).

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