indignation
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5.5
- noun
- /ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən/
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indignación
- Eliminating the use of the primary language caused fear, indignation, and great concern for the children.
- moral indignation
- righteous indignation
- express indignation
You also spoke about how you could use righteous indignation to compel people to do stuff.
- You also spoke about how you could use righteous indignation to compel people to do stuff.
- OK, so spare me your false indignation.
- You might even start having this little like righteous indignation.
- Your generation must speak out with righteous indignation against the forces which are seeking to to destroy us.
- When, when those things happen in real time, we have a level of righteous indignation that is both warranted, explicable and justified.
- But for that to then happen and you not feel indignation at it being wrong or you not feeling shame at it being right.
- And but what I realized is nothing comes of those hearings like we we you know, we express our righteous indignation.
- So then a lot of people really struggle with setting boundaries without being negative, without name calling, without indignation, without getting upset.
- And Chuck Grassley responded with a sort of righteous indignation that can only come from an old white guy slightly inconvenienced.
- You're always morally right and that with this indignation and anger.
- That doesn't mean you're guilty, but please save your indignation that finally someone is taking one woman's accusation of sexual.
Examples
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In retelling the story, she bristled with indignation: "My husband tricked me."
Academic text (1993) -
I understand your indignation, ma'am.
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You have much cause for indignation.
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Sometimes you need a word to express indignation against things in general.
Fiction book (1993) -
The government and media together in this case kept publicity and indignation at a minimum.
Academic text (1993) -
Your generation must speak out with righteous indignation against the forces which are seeking to to destroy us.
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The establishment of the AISBEG grant category was met with indignation from the beginning.
Academic text (1999) -
My pulse was racing and my fingers trembled as wave after wave of indignation swept over me.
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These dramatic videotapes, secretly obtained by animal rights activists, have aroused public indignation.
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Her indignation was palpable when she heard about the unfair treatment of the workers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very strong feeling of being upset or annoyed
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4.2
A long, strong feeling of anger toward someone who treated you unfairly
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3.7
A strong feeling of anger and shock about something unfair
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5.8
A complaint about something unfair, often made formally to people in charge
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3.4
A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone
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3.9
A feeling of being annoyed or not happy about something
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7.9
Strong anger you feel when someone does something unfair
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9.8
A feeling of being hurt and angry when someone says or does something
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9.9
A strong angry feeling because you are treated unfairly
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7.2
A strong feeling of anger when something seems unfair
A feeling of being treated unfairly
A strong feeling of anger and impatience
A strong feeling of anger and impatience
Antonyms
How Indignant
Surface Forms
Morphology
indignation = indignant (semi-transparent) = indign + ation
A learner who knows 'indignant' can often infer 'indignation' as the corresponding noun, but the Latinate form change makes the relationship less fully obvious.
Etymology
Indignation comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and dignus meaning 'worthy', and you can see the same root in the word dignity. So, indignation is the strong anger you feel when someone or something is seen as 'not worthy' or is treated unfairly.