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INDIGNATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of righteous anger
Synonyms:
indignation; outrage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("indignation" is a kind of...):
anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indignation"):
dudgeon; high dudgeon (a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase 'in high dudgeon'))
Context examples:
She paused, and saw with no slight indignation that he was listening with an air which proved him wholly unmoved by any feeling of remorse.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Indignation again prevailed over prudence: I replied sharply, Hitherto I have often omitted to fasten the bolt: I did not think it necessary.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The talk in the neighborhood reflected the same feeling, and indignation against Martin ran high.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
After which, like one whose imagination was struck with something never seen or heard of before, he would lift up his eyes with amazement and indignation.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Felix had accidentally been present at the trial; his horror and indignation were uncontrollable when he heard the decision of the court.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
And hitherto it was his ignorance of Mr. Hyde that had swelled his indignation; now, by a sudden turn, it was his knowledge.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
My indignation at this calm examination of our family documents overcame me so far that I took a step forward, and Brunton, looking up, saw me standing in the doorway.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He sat down, his ears keenly alert to the flood of protest and indignation his words had created.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"I am willing to be patient in all things that are reasonable; but in this—this desecration of the grave—of one who—" He fairly choked with indignation.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Had he appeared surprised at his own arrest, or feigned indignation at it, I should have looked upon it as highly suspicious, because such surprise or anger would not be natural under the circumstances, and yet might appear to be the best policy to a scheming man.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
