All 9 Uses of
indignant
in
Jane Eyre
- They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in temperament, in capacity, in propensities; a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to their pleasure; a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at their treatment, of contempt of their judgment.†
Chpt 2
- I would fain exercise some better faculty than that of fierce speaking; fain find nourishment for some less fiendish feeling than that of sombre indignation.†
Chpt 4 *
- Inquiry was made into the origin of the scourge, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree.†
Chpt 10
- Indignation again prevailed over prudence: I replied sharply, "Hitherto I have often omitted to fasten the bolt: I did not think it necessary.†
Chpt 16
- "I think I may confess," he continued, "even although I should make you a little indignant, Jane — and I have seen what a fire-spirit you can be when you are indignant.†
Chpt 24
- "I think I may confess," he continued, "even although I should make you a little indignant, Jane — and I have seen what a fire-spirit you can be when you are indignant.†
Chpt 24
- I was indignant for a moment; but remembering that anger was out of the question, and that I had indeed appeared as a beggar to her, I answered quietly, but still not without a certain marked firmness — "You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar.†
Chpt 29
- He put the question rather hurriedly; he seemed half to expect an indignant, or at least a disdainful rejection of the offer: not knowing all my thoughts and feelings, though guessing some, he could not tell in what light the lot would appear to me.†
Chpt 30
- It kept up a slow fire of indignation and a trembling trouble of grief, which harassed and crushed me altogether.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(indignant) angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong