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indignation
What does indignation mean?
indignation (noun): a feeling of righteous anger.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use indignation in a sentence?
- She was boiling with indignation. (Tatoeba sentence #10589650 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce indignation?
/ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does indignation come from?
From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indignātiō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of indignation?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “indignation” mean?
a feeling of righteous anger
Right! That's what “indignation” means.
destiny, especially terrible
Not quite: that's what doom means.
a perceived threat or danger
Not quite: that's what menace means.
any red eruption of the skin
Not quite: that's what rash means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “indignation”?
custody
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outrage
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