indignant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indignāns, present participle of indignor (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignor (“to deem worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdɪɡ.nənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: in‧dig‧nant

Adjective

indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)

1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

   indignant dissent

   indignant look

   indignant response

   indignant tone

Synonyms

• angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

Derived terms

• indignancy
• indignantly
• unindignant

Related terms

• indign
• indignation
• indignity

Translations

angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

Bulgarian: възмутен (bg) (vǎzmuten) Catalan: indignat (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 憤慨嘅 / 愤慨嘅 (fan5 koi3 ge3), 氣憤嘅 / 气愤嘅 (hei3 fan5 ge3) Czech: rozhořčený m, pobouřený Dutch: verontwaardigd (nl), geïndigneerd Estonian: nördinud, nördinult (adverb) Finnish: närkästynyt, tuohtunut (fi) French: indigné (fr) German: empört (de) Greek: αγανακτισμένος (el) (aganaktisménos) Hungarian: felháborodott (hu), dühös (hu), méltatlankodó (hu), indignált Indonesian: geram (id) Italian: indignato (it) Latin: indignans Lithuanian: pasipiktinęs Maori: whakatakariri Norwegian: Bokmål: indignert Portuguese: indignado (pt) Russian: возмущённый (ru) (vozmuščónnyj), негоду́ющий (ru) (negodújuščij) Serbo-Croatian: indigniran (sh) m Spanish: indignado (es) Swedish: förtrytsam (sv), harmsen (sv) Ukrainian: обурений m (oburenyj) Urdu: غصّہ ور

Further reading

• “indignant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indignant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “indignant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.diŋˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [in.diŋˈnant]

Etymology 1

From Latin indignāns.

Adjective

indignant m or f (masculine and feminine plural indignants)

1. outrageous
   • 1966, Eva Serra i Puig, La Guerra dels Segadors:

     La victòria anà seguida per un saqueig indignant de la ciutat per part de la soldadesca.

     The victory was followed by an outrageous sacking of the city on the part of the mob of soldiers.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

indignant

1. gerund of indignar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ɲɑ̃/

Participle

indignant

1. present participle of indigner