Indignant

Definition: Indignant

Indignant

Adjective

1. 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".

Date "indignant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Indignant \In*dig"nant\, adjective. [Latin expression indignans, -antis, present participle of indignari to be indignant, disdain. See Indign.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Indignant

Synonyms: incensed (adj), outraged (adj), umbrageous (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Resentment	Offended; Verb: waxy, acharne; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Indignant

English words defined with "indignant": incensed, indignantly ♦ letter ♦ missive ♦ outraged ♦ resent, resentful ♦ umbrageous. (references)

Specialty definitions using "indignant": Eavesdrop ♦ Grace's Card, Guendol�na ♦ Warrant, Warrior Queen. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Seven Indignant (1985)
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Domain	Title
Books	Indignant Heart: A Black Worker's Journal (African American Life) (reference) Samuel Johnson Is Indignant (reference) The Indignant Eye: The Artist As Social Critic in Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth Century to Picasso (reference) The indignant years; art and articles from the Op-Ed page of the New York times (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Friedrich Nietzsche	No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
Virgil	His limbs were cold in death; his spirit fled with a groan, indignant, to the shades below.
William Feather	When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
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Title	Author	Quote
Through the Looking-Glass	Carroll, Lewis	Alice felt even more indignant at this suggestion.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	She turned away insulted and indignant.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Its character has been pronounced by the indignant voices of our citizens with an emphasis and unanimity never exceeded.
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"Indignant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indignant" is used about 270 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	270	17,892

Expressions using "indignant": be indignant ♦ make indignant. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "indignant": half-indignant.
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Language		Translations for "indignant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i zemëruar (angry, biliary, crabbed, crabby, crusty, embittered, mad, rampant, Wroth). (various references)

Arabic		‏ناقم (disgruntled, malcontent), ‏غاضب (angry, beside himself, cross, dandified, enraged, exasperating, furious, furred, glaring, grim, grumpy, irate, livid, narky, pink, revolting, stuffy, sullen, wrathful, wroth), ‏ساخط (disaffected, discontent, discontented, disgruntled, embittered, enraged, exasperating, malcontent). (various references)

Bulgarian		възмутен (disgusted, resentful). (various references)

Chinese		�' , 慍 (feel hurt), 憤�' (angry), 憤憤不平 , 憤 , 氣憤 (furious), 愤愤, 不平 (grievance, injustice, resentful, unfairness, wrong). (various references)

Czech		rozhořèený, pobouření (exasperation, indignation, stir). (various references)

Danish		ærgre sig over (be indignant with, take offence at), ærgre sig (be indignant, be irritated). (various references)

Dutch		verontwaardigd. (various references)

Esperanto		indigna. (various references)

Farsi		متغیر (Diverse, Protean, Shifty, Transitive, Uncertain, Unsteady, Variable, Variant, Vicissitudinous), خشمگین (Exasperate, Irate, Loathloth, Rabid, Snappish, Waxy, Wroth), اوقات تلخ (Angry, Glum, Stuffy), ازرده (Irksome), رنجیده (Angry, Glum, Sulky). (various references)

Finnish		olla suutuksissaan (be angry, be indignant), närkästyä (be indignant, be irritated, become indignant, take offence), harmistua (be annoyed, be vexed, feel indignant). (various references)

French		indigné. (various references)

Frisian		ergerje (be indignant, be irritated). (various references)

German		ungehalten (disgruntled), entrüstet (enraged, fills with indignation, incensed, indignantly, outraged, scandalized), unwillig (loathly, reluctant, unwilling). (various references)

Greek		αγανάκτων, αγανακτώ, αγανακτισμένοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מתרעם (resentful), כועס (angry, grumpy, irate). (various references)

Hungarian		méltatlankodó, felháborodott (disgusted). (various references)

Icelandic		gremjast (be indignant, be indignant with, be irritated, take offence at). (various references)

Indonesian		marah (angry, chafe, crabbed, crusty, irate, mad, shirty, wrathful, wroth). (various references)

Italian		indignato (disgusts). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		激高 (enraged, exasperated, excited, rage), 激昂 (enraged, exasperated, excited, rage). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�'き�"う (enraged, exasperated, excited, rage), �'っ�"う (enraged, exasperated, excited, moonbeam, moonlight, rage). (various references)

Korean		분개하�" (Resented). (various references)

Manx		jymmoosagh (angry, chagrined, displeased, furious, raging, vengeful), fergagh (angry, ferocious, furious, glowering, hothead, hot-tempered, passion, raging), fargagh (angry, enraged, furious, quick-tempered; passion, raging, vexed, wrathful), eulyssagh (ferocious, furious person, hothead). (various references)

Norwegian		indignert, vred. (various references)

Pig Latin		indignantay

Portuguese		dispepsia (concoctio tarda, dyspepsia, dyspeptic, indigestion). (various references)

Romanian		indignat (resentful, shake off the dust of one's feet), revoltat (rebellious, resentful, shocked). (various references)

Russian		негодующий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		indigniran, ogorčen (acrimonious, bitter, embittered, exasperated, huffy). (various references)

Spanish		indignado (incensed). (various references)

Swedish		uppbragt, indignerad. (various references)

Turkish		içerlemiş (huffish, huffy, resentful), protesto eden (protesting, remonstrant, up in arms), kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fervent, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth), öfkeli (angry, bristly, dyspeptic, enraged, furious, heated, hot-blooded, ill-conditioned, in a pet, incensed, inflamed, ireful, pissed off, purple in the face, rabid, rampant, red-hot, snotty, sore, spunky, vehement, waxy, white hot, with his hackles up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought up). (various references)

Ukranian		обурений (resentful, shocked). (various references)

Vietnamese		phẫn nộ (wrathful), căm phẫn, công phẫn; đầy căm phẫn. (various references)

Welsh		digofus (angry). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	indignatus. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "indignant": indignantly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Indignant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: idignant, indigant, indigdnant, indignat, indignent, indigrant, indingent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "indignant" (pronounced i'ndi"gnunt)
6	-i" g n u n t	malignant.
5	-g n u n t	pregnant, repugnant, stagnant.
4	-n u n t	abstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, immanent, imminent, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, opponent, pennant, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, subcontinent, tenant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-n-n-t"
	-2 letters: dinning, dinting, tanning, tinning.
	-3 letters: aiding, anting, dating, dining, indign, inning, nandin, niding, tannin, tiding, tining.
	-4 letters: digit, giant, nitid.
	-5 letters: adit, agin, anti, dang, ding, dint, dita, gadi, gain, gait, gnat, inia, inti, nidi, tain, tang, ting.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-i-n-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: inundating.
	+2 letters: indignantly, indignation.
	+3 letters: antispending, denominating, indignations, sandpainting.
	+4 letters: disenchanting, disentangling, sandpaintings, underpainting.
	+5 letters: indigenization, indoctrinating, underpaintings.
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