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Adjective
indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)
- Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
- ✤ * indignant dissent*
- ✤ * indignant look*
- ✤ * indignant response*
- ✤ * indignant tone*
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indignāns, present participle of indignor (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignor (“to deem worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈdɪɡ.nənt/
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- Hyphenation: in‧dig‧nant
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