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indignation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
   • The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14, column 1:
   • He protested in indignation.
2. (countable, uncountable) A self-righteous anger or disgust.
   • Having expressed his indignation at the idea of continuity from the young Marx to the old Marx and from Marx to Lenin, Miliband appears no less offended by my stressing the continuity from Leninism to Stalinism. 1981 March 14, Leszek Kolakowski, “Miliband's Anti-Kolakowski”, in Political Studies, volume 29, number 1, Sage Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, page 124:

Forms

Relateds

dignify · indign · deign · undignified · indignant

Translations (59)

nb indignasjon (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ru возмуще́ние (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ca indignació (self-righteous anger or disgust) · ja 義憤 (self-righteous anger or disgust) · ro indignare (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · pt indignação (self-righteous anger or disgust) · grc ἀγανάκτησις (self-righteous anger or disgust) · es indignación (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · sv harm (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · de Entrüstung (self-righteous anger or disgust) · fr indignation (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · cmn 義憤 /义愤 (self-righteous anger or disgust) · mi takariri (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · cmn 義憤填膺 /义愤填膺 (self-righteous anger or disgust) · nl verontwaardiging (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · mi takariri (self-righteous anger or disgust) · ru возмуще́ние (self-righteous anger or disgust) · de Empörung (self-righteous anger or disgust) · enm indignacioun (self-righteous anger or disgust) · nl gebelgdheid (self-righteous anger or disgust) · es indignación (self-righteous anger or disgust) · pl oburzenie (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · tl pangungupinyo (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · de Empörung (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · mi whakatakariri (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ko 분개 (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · sh indignacija (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · mk правдољубивост (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · fi suuttumus (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · sh indignacija (self-righteous anger or disgust) · ca indignació (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ja 憤慨 (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · sv förtrytelse (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · el αγανάκτηση (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · hu méltatlankodás (self-righteous anger or disgust) · cmn 憤慨 /愤慨 (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · enm indignacioun (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · bg негодувание (self-righteous anger or disgust) · el αγανάκτηση (self-righteous anger or disgust) · fi närkästys (self-righteous anger or disgust) · hu felháborodás (self-righteous anger or disgust) · be узбурэ́нне (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ja 憤り (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · uk обу́рення (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · sh negodovanje (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · tl ngupinyo (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · hu felháborodás (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · de Entrüstung (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · fr indignation (self-righteous anger or disgust) · uk збу́рення (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · bg възмущение (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ro indignare (self-righteous anger or disgust) · be абурэ́нне (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · hu méltatlankodás (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · pt indignação (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ja 憤懣 (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ru негодова́ние (self-righteous anger or disgust) · grc ἀγανάκτησις (anger aroused by some perceived offense or injustice) · ko 의분 (self-righteous anger or disgust)