Crossword clues for indignant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indignant \In*dig"nant\, a. [L. indignans, -antis, p. pr. of indignari to be indignant, disdain. See Indign.] 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.
He strides indignant, and with haughty cries
To single fight the fairy prince defies.
--Tickell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from Latin indignantem (nominative indignans) "impatient, reluctant, indignant," present participle of indignari "to be displeased at, be indignant" (see indignation). Related: Indignantly.
Wiktionary
a. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
WordNet
adj. angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: incensed, outraged, umbrageous]
Usage examples of "indignant".
In short, he had made the Court of Madrid one of those places to which the indignant muse of Juvenal conducts the mother of Britanicus.
They were indignant about his having taken command of site protection at their Baikonur Cosmodrome prior to the space launch.
After the company had retired, Lord Chatterton, however, related to the astonished and indignant family of the baronet the substance of the following scene, of which he had been a witness that morning, while on a visit to Denbigh at the rectory.
The Corps Diplomatique are excessively indignant with the reply they have received from Count Bismarck, declining to allow any but open despatches through the Prussian lines.
I was sure, but I had no proof that Doakes was anything except a very angry and suspicious cop, and chopping up a cop was certainly the sort of thing the city got indignant about.
Max sniffed every inch of the cramped room, including an indignant cat, a shy poodle, and a terrified yellow canary in a birdcage, all of whom were already there with their owners when Mitchell and Kate arrived.
The two frati looked somewhat indignant at not having been personally consulted during the conversation, but they raised no objection.
She was most indignant when you asked her if Longford had given her that nightdress.
Most of the colonists having relations with the Mamelucos were indignant, and a mob broke in the doors both of the college and of the church.
The first came in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where he had been pulled to the side of the road by a highly indignant Pennsylvania state trooper.
Regent and acting Governor of the Netherlands, forbade Protestant ritual in the churches and the public speaking of self-appointed Protestant preachers, the prohibitions lit a fire of indignant protest and active resistance.
Whitechoker and Pedagog, when they learned how they had been deceived, they were so indignant that they did not speak to the Idiot for a week.
And bracing herself up with these indignant resolutions, Agnes betook herself to the hotel.
Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
There are, for example, Socialists, and even Anarchists, who stand for the idea that property is robbery, yet who will grow indignant if anyone owe them the value of a half-dozen pins.