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INDIGNANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Angered at something unjust or wrong
Example:
umbrageous at the loss of their territory
Synonyms:
incensed; indignant; outraged; umbrageous
Classified under:
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Context examples:
Upon the hint of having spoken disrespectfully or carelessly of the family and the family honours, he was quite indignant.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The proceedings might have opened by an impromptu bye-battle between the indignant cockney and the gentleman from Bristol, but a prolonged roar of applause broke in upon their altercation.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We traveled entirely by compass, and once or twice there were differences of opinion between Challenger and the two Indians, when, to quote the Professor's indignant words, the whole party agreed to trust the fallacious instincts of undeveloped savages rather than the highest product of modern European culture.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Several indignant glances directed at me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Doesn't Meg pull fair?" asked Laurie, looking indignant.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The public was indignant and incredulous.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
To attach myself to your sister, therefore, was not a thing to be thought of;—and with a meanness, selfishness, cruelty—which no indignant, no contemptuous look, even of yours, Miss Dashwood, can ever reprobate too much—I was acting in this manner, trying to engage her regard, without a thought of returning it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was not in compliment to Jane Fairfax however that he was so indifferent, or so indignant; he was not guided by her feelings in reprobating the ball, for she enjoyed the thought of it to an extraordinary degree.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I was indignant for a moment; but remembering that anger was out of the question, and that I had indeed appeared as a beggar to her, I answered quietly, but still not without a certain marked firmness—You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially of Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
