Indignant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

angered at something unjust or wrong

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪndˈɪɡnənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪndˈɪɡnənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪndˈɪɡnənt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪndˈɪɡnənt/.

Examples

an indignant denial
incensed at the judges' unfairness
a look of outraged disbelief

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

umbrageous outraged incensed

Parts of Speech

adjective

angered at something unjust or wrong

“an indignant denial”

Word Forms

umbrage

noun

a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

empört

wütend über etwas Ungerechtes oder Falsches

🇫🇷French

indigné

en colère contre quelque chose d'injuste ou de mal

🇪🇸Spanish

indignado

enojado por algo injusto o incorrecto

🇮🇹Italian

indignato

arrabbiato per qualcosa di ingiusto o sbagliato

🇳🇱Dutch

verontwaardigd

boos zijn over iets dat onrechtvaardig of verkeerd is

🇵🇹Portuguese

indignado

irritado com algo injusto ou errado

🇷🇺Russian

возмущенный

гневается на что-то несправедливое или неправильное

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्रोधित

किसी अनुचित या गलत बात पर क्रोधित होना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষুব্ধ

অন্যায় বা ভুল কিছুতে রাগান্বিত

🇮🇳Tamil

கோபம்

ஏதோ அநியாயம் அல்லது தவறு குறித்து கோபம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కోపము

ఏదో అన్యాయం లేదా తప్పుపై కోపం

🇮🇳Marathi

रागावलेला

काहीतरी अन्यायकारक किंवा चुकीचा राग आला

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગુસ્સે

અન્યાયી અથવા ખોટું કંઈક પર ગુસ્સો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಿಟ್ಟಿಗೆದ್ದ

ಯಾವುದೋ ಅನ್ಯಾಯ ಅಥವಾ ತಪ್ಪಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡರು

🇮🇳Malayalam

രോഷം

അന്യായമായതോ തെറ്റായതോ ആയ എന്തെങ്കിലും രോഷം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਰਾਜ਼

ਕਿਸੇ ਬੇਇਨਸਾਫ਼ੀ ਜਾਂ ਗਲਤ 'ਤੇ ਗੁੱਸਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناراض

کسی ناجائز یا غلط چیز پر ناراض

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

愤怒

对不公正或错误的事情感到愤怒

🇯🇵Japanese

憤慨している

不当なことまたは間違ったことに対して怒る

🇰🇷Korean

분개한

부당하거나 잘못된 것에 분노함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phẫn nộ

tức giận vì điều gì đó bất công hoặc sai trái

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่พอใจ

โกรธในสิ่งที่ไม่ยุติธรรมหรือผิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

marah

marah pada sesuatu yang tidak adil atau salah

🇵🇭Filipino

nagagalit

nagagalit sa isang bagay na hindi makatarungan o mali

🇲🇾Malay

geram

marah pada sesuatu yang tidak adil atau salah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ساخط

الغضب من شيء ظالم أو خطأ

🇮🇷Persian

خشمگین

عصبانی شدن از چیزی ناعادلانه یا اشتباه

🇹🇷Turkish

kızgın

haksız veya yanlış bir şeye öfkelenmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִתרַעֵם

כועס על משהו לא צודק או לא בסדר

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