Indignant \In*dig"nant\, a. [L. indignans, -antis, p. pr. of
indignari to be indignant, disdain. See Indign.]
Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate;
feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or
unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading
accusation.
[1913 Webster]
He strides indignant, and with haughty cries
To single fight the fairy prince defies. --Tickell.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indignant
adj : 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" [syn: incensed, outraged, umbrageous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "indignant":
acrimonious, against, angered, angry, annoyed, browned-off, con,
cross, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving, discontented,
disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased, dissatisfied,
dissenting, enraged, exasperated, furious, heated, huffy,
in a huff, in a pet, in a rage, in a temper, incensed, irate,
ireful, irked, irritated, livid, low, mad, miffed, opposed,
opposing, peeved, piqued, pissed, pissed off, pissed-off, poor,
provoked, riled, riled up, sore, ticked off, turned-off,
unappreciative, unapproving, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unhappy,
vexed, worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought-up
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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