indignation

English

Etymology

From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

indignation (countable and uncountable, plural indignations)

1. An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 1:

     The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.

   He protested in indignation.

2. A self-righteous anger or disgust.

Related terms

• deign
• dignify
• indign
• indignant
• undignified

Translations

anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice

Belarusian: узбурэ́нне n (uzburénnje), абурэ́нне n (aburénnje) Bulgarian: възмущение (bg) n (vǎzmuštenie) Catalan: indignació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 憤慨 / 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi) Dutch: verontwaardiging (nl) f Finnish: suuttumus (fi) French: indignation (fr) f German: Empörung (de) f, Entrüstung (de) f Greek: αγανάκτηση (el) f (aganáktisi) Ancient Greek: ἀγανάκτησις f (aganáktēsis) Hungarian: felháborodás (hu), méltatlankodás (hu) Japanese: 憤慨 (ja) (ふんがい, fungai), 憤り (ja) (いきどおり, ikidōri), 憤懣 (ふんまん, funman) Korean: 분개 (ko) (bun'gae) Macedonian: правдољубивост (pravdoljubivost) Maori: whakatakariri, takariri Middle English: indignacioun Norwegian: Bokmål: indignasjon m Polish: oburzenie (pl) n Portuguese: indignação (pt) f Romanian: indignare (ro) f Russian: возмуще́ние (ru) n (vozmuščénije) Serbo-Croatian: indignacija (sh) f, negodovanje (sh) n Spanish: indignación (es) f Swedish: förtrytelse (sv) c, harm (sv) c Tagalog: ngupinyo, pangungupinyo Ukrainian: збу́рення n (zbúrennja), обу́рення n (obúrennja)

self-righteous anger or disgust

Bulgarian: негодувание (bg) n (negoduvanie) Catalan: indignació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 義憤 / 义愤 (zh) (yìfèn), 義憤填膺 / 义愤填膺 (zh) (yìfèntiányīng) Dutch: gebelgdheid f Finnish: närkästys (fi) French: indignation (fr) f German: Empörung (de) f, Entrüstung (de) f Greek: αγανάκτηση (el) f (aganáktisi) Ancient Greek: ἀγανάκτησις f (aganáktēsis) Hungarian: felháborodás (hu), méltatlankodás (hu) Japanese: 義憤 (ja) (gifun) Korean: 의분 (uibun) Maori: takariri Middle English: indignacioun Portuguese: indignação (pt) f Romanian: indignare (ro) f Russian: негодова́ние (ru) n (negodovánije), возмуще́ние (ru) n (vozmuščénije) Serbo-Croatian: indignacija (sh) f Spanish: indignación (es) f

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Norwegian: (please verify) indignert Spanish: (please verify) indignación (es) f

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indignātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

indignation f (plural indignations)

1. Indignation

Related terms

• indigne
• indignement
• indigner
• indignité

Further reading

• “indignation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

indignation

1. alternative form of indignacioun