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indignation

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"Righteous anger"

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted adgiiinnnotStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a feeling of righteous anger

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • He protested in indignation.
  • 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.

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