Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being indignant; indignation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Indignation.
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- noun
indignation
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Examples
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Sometimes what you term indignance is genuine disagreement and merits serious consideration - without defensiveness - and a willingness to reconsider one's own point of view.
Cormac McCarthy redux ... Frank Wilson 2007
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His indignance is not righteous: the truth hurts, and that's why he's so upset.
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She didn't play it like that, so I think the indignance is a little misplaced.
I am shocked at the substandard ethics displayed by The New Yorker's blogger George Packer. Ann Althouse 2008
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These people have nothing to offer our country but indignance, lies and fear.
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Um, never mind, I found him buried up there twice after my indignance passed.
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While Pete is home and brooding over Don's situation, his indignance makes him wonder why others 'irresponsibility has to affect "honest people."
Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 10: "Get Rid of It" Janet Turley 2010
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“That makes no sense,” he told Spock with unrestrained indignance.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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But what's funny is the lefts indignance at the right using their tactics.
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“That makes no sense,” he told Spock with unrestrained indignance.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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“That makes no sense,” he told Spock with unrestrained indignance.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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