All 7 Uses of
indignant
in
War and Peace
- I am telling you the fact," said Natasha indignantly.†
Chpt 4
- "No, he's not a fool!" replied Natasha indignantly and seriously.†
Chpt 4 *
- I shall speak to him myself," said the countess, indignant that they should have dared to treat this little Natasha as grown up.†
Chpt 4
- On first receiving the news, under the influence of indignation and resentment the Emperor had found a phrase that pleased him, fully expressed his feelings, and has since become famous.†
Chpt 9
- They were moved by fear or vanity, rejoiced or were indignant, reasoned, imagining that they knew what they were doing and did it of their own free will, but they all were involuntary tools of history, carrying on a work concealed from them but comprehensible to us.†
Chpt 10
- The armies were divided, there was no unity of command, and Barclay was unpopular; but from this confusion, division, and the unpopularity of the foreign commander in chief, there resulted on the one hand indecision and the avoidance of a battle (which we could not have refrained from had the armies been united and had someone else, instead of Barclay, been in command) and on the other an ever-increasing indignation against the foreigners and an increase in patriotic zeal.†
Chpt 10
- The Italian seemed happy only when he could come to see Pierre, talk with him, tell him about his past, his life at home, and his love, and pour out to him his indignation against the French and especially against Napoleon.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(indignant) angered or annoyed at something unjust or wrong