indignant
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INDIGNANTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deḱ-#INDIGNANTBorrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#INDIGNANTCategory:English terms derived from Latin#INDIGNANT 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/Category:English 3-syllable words#INDIGNANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INDIGNANT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#INDIGNANTAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧dig‧nant
Adjective
indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)Category:English lemmas#INDIGNANTCategory:English adjectives#INDIGNANTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with entries#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#INDIGNANT
- Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
- indignant dissentCategory:English terms with collocations#INDIGNANT
- indignant lookCategory:English terms with collocations#INDIGNANT
- indignant responseCategory:English terms with collocations#INDIGNANT
- indignant toneCategory:English terms with collocations#INDIGNANT
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Further reading
- “indignant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indignant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “indignant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [in.diŋˈnan]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#INDIGNANT
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [in.diŋˈnant]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#INDIGNANT
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#INDIGNANT indignāns.
Adjective
indignant m or f (masculine and feminine plural indignants)Category:Catalan lemmas#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan adjectives#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan adjectives with red links in their headword lines#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with entries#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#INDIGNANT
- 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.Category:Catalan terms with quotations#INDIGNANT
- 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
indignantCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan gerunds#INDIGNANTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with entries#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#INDIGNANT
French
Pronunciation
Participle
indignantCategory:French non-lemma forms#INDIGNANTCategory:French present participles#INDIGNANTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with entries#INDIGNANTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#INDIGNANT