indignant

English

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^(key): /ɪnˈdɪɡ.nənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: in‧dig‧nant

Adjective

indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)

1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

Synonyms

• angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

Related terms

• indign
• indignation
• indignity

Translations

angry, infuriated, mad, resentful

• Bulgarian: възмутен (bg) (vǎzmuten)
• Catalan: indignat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 憤慨嘅 / 愤慨嘅 (fan⁵ koi³ ge³), 氣憤嘅 / 气愤嘅 (hei³ fan⁵ ge³)

• Czech: rozhořčený m, pobouřený
• Dutch: verontwaardigd (nl), geïndigneerd
• Estonian: nördinud, nördinult (adverb)
• Finnish: närkästynyt, tuohtunut
• French: indigné (fr)
• German: empört (de)
• Greek: αγανακτισμένος (el) (aganaktisménos)
• Hungarian: felháborodott (hu), dühös (hu), méltatlankodó (hu), indignált
• Indonesian: geram (id)
• Italian: indignato (it)
• Latin: indignans
• Lithuanian: pasipiktinęs
• Maori: whakatakariri
• Norwegian Bokmål: indignert
• Portuguese: indignado (pt)
• Russian: возмущённый (ru) (vozmuščónnyj), негоду́ющий (ru) (negodújuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: indigniran (sh) m
• Spanish: indignado (es)
• Swedish: förtrytsam (sv), harmsen (sv)
• Ukrainian: обурений m (oburenyj)
• Urdu: غصّہ ور

Further reading

• “indignant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “indignant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “indignant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.diŋˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [in.diŋˈnant]

Etymology 1

From Latin indignāns.

Adjective

indignant m or f (masculine and feminine plural indignants)

1. outrageous
   • 1966, Eva Serra i Puig, La Guerra dels Segadors:

     La victòria anà seguida per un saqueig indignant de la ciutat per part de la soldadesca.

     The victory was followed by an outrageous sacking of the city on the part of the mob of soldiers.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

indignant

1. gerund of indignar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ɲɑ̃/

Participle

indignant

1. present participle of indigner