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indignation Definition

in·dig·na·tion (in′dig nā′s̸hən)

noun

anger or scorn that is a reaction to injustice, ingratitude, or meanness; righteous anger

Etymology: ME indignacion < OFr < L indignatio < pp. of indignari: see indignant

indignation Synonyms

indignation

n.

pique, resentment, ire; see anger. See syn. study at anger.

indignation Usage Examples

Preposition: against

  • sin: His holy wrath, His righteous indignation against the sin had to be ( to use the technical term ) propitiated.

Converse of object

  • arouse: The attack by the fascists had aroused the greatest indignation among the workers.
  • provoke: Under Augustus, a father used his legal right to execute a delinquent son, and provoked the indignation of Rome.
  • express: Also, some people expressed moral indignation at the fact there was a section of the hall reserved for ' women only ' .
  • cause: They are able to hide behind righteous indignation caused by the above practice.
  • feel: You will also feel constant indignation at the dire shortage of confectionery.
  • have: And they have awful immoral indignation if you hate them back, yet they still hate you if you don't.

Preposition: at

  • way: Next day Hill and Stout both came and both were full of indignation at the way in which things were going.
  • injustice: These include virtues like courage and indignation at injustice, as well as such qualities as being lively, energetic and full of life.

Adjective modifier

  • righteous: They are able to hide behind righteous indignation caused by the above practice.
  • self-righteous: Much of Phil's self-righteous indignation seems to be directed at any such enterprise.
  • fiery: The writer of Hebrews warned then of a fearful judgment of fiery indignation which would devour God's adversaries.
  • moral: There is the moral indignation against General Pinochet, where passions are running high.
  • deep: Billions of people in the world have seen with deep indignation the televised images of the terrible events in Palestine.
  • popular: He can little know the force of popular indignation, or such an attempt would never have been made.
indignation Quotes

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

—Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)

She was thinkingöfor, since she had been formed by literature, she could think in no other wayöthat all this had been described in Dickens,Tolstoy, Hugo, Dostoevsky, and a dozen others. All that noble and terrific indignation had done nothing, achieved nothing, the shout of anger from the nineteenth century might as well have been silentöfor here came the file of prisoners, handcuffed two by two, and on their faces was that same immemorial look of patient, sardonic understanding.

—Lessing, Doris May ne¤  e Tayler

   We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we from time to time most grievouslyhave committed,By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us.

—Book of Common Prayer